Alberton Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the...
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The Commando System was a mostly voluntary, part-time force of the South African Army, but in their role as local militia the units were often deployed...
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Beaufort Commando Part of Natal Command in late 1970s. Originally named Empangeni/Richards Bay Commando. The unit was renamed Insele Commando on March 2...
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Wemmerpan Commando West Rand Commando Atlas Commando Benoni Commando Brakpan Commando Boksburg Commando Germiston Commando Kempton Park Commando Alberton Commando...
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Herbert Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South...
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South African Special Forces (redirect from Reconnaisance Commandos)
Its post-2002 structure provides for two operational commandos, called 51 Commando and 52 Commando respectively, and a training wing. It specialises in...
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District Mounted Troops". De Wet, C.R. Three Years War, Galago Press, Alberton, 1986 pp127 Col L B van Stade (1997). "Rationalisation in the SANDF: The...
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Defence Force. This unit was established in Pretoria as 2 Reconnaissance Commando in 1974 from what had been called the Hunter Group. This was a group of...
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Jan Meyer (section Foundation of Alberton)
farmer; he is the man for whom Meyerton and Meyersdal (a neighborhood of Alberton) are named. Meyer played a major role in the discovery of the main vein...
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African military commander, author, and businessman of Afrikaner descent Alberton and Albertville are named after Alberts, along with the Alberts Farm conservation...
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as a common burgher. He was made an assistant commander of the Ermelo Commando, and after the Battle of Colenso (15 December 1899) was promoted by Louis...
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History of the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1977–1980) (section Conversion to airborne commando battalion; evolution of Fireforce)
begun in 1974, had become so prominent that the RLI became an airborne commando battalion in 1977, and soon began to parachute into action up to three...
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& Turner 1985, p. 251. Pottinger, Brian. (1986). Mercenary Commander. Alberton: Galago Publishing. ISBN 0-947020-21-7. "Jack Malloch Timeline". A Biography...
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ISBN 978-1868729142. Breytenbach, Jan (1990). They live by the sword. Alberton, Republic South Africa: Lemur. p. 208. ISBN 0620148705. Nordbruch, von...
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Alberton (South Africa) 1986. ISBN 9780947020040 Peter Stiff & Ron Reid-Daly, Selous Scouts Top Secret War, Galago Publishing (Pty) Ltd., Alberton (South...
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Germiston District, Kempton Park, Modderfontein, Nigel, Primrose and Springs Alberton, Bezuidenhout, Bryanston, Hillbrow, Houghton, Jeppe, Johannesburg North...
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History of the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1972–1977) (section An unsuccessful Fireforce for 2 Commando, 19 July 1975)
Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA). Following its reorganisation as a specialised commando unit starting in late 1964, the RLI played a major role in the war during...
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Reid-Daly, Selous Scouts Top Secret War, Galago Publishing (Pty) Ltd., Alberton (South Africa) 1983. ISBN 978-0-620-06674-7 Kassis, Samer (2003). 30 Years...
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September 2016. Barlow, Eeben (2007). Executive Outcomes: Against All Odds. Alberton, South Africa: Galago Books. ISBN 9781919854199. Start, Daniel (1997)....
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(cosigned) – M37 – M49 (Webber) Florentia, Alberton CBD, Elandshaven, Gosforth Park, Denlee, Webber, Alberton, Germiston Du Plessis Rd, 2nd Ave, Andries...
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education. The school purchased 20 acres of the Kerr Taylor estate near Alberton with the help of a donation from the Auckland Savings Bank, and established...
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Buffalo Soldiers: The Story of South Africa's 32-Battalion, 1975–1993. Alberton: Galago Publishing. pp. 322–324. ISBN 978-1-919854-07-6. Zartman, I. William...
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President Kenneth Meshoe Founded 9 December 1993 (1993-12-09) Headquarters Alberton, Gauteng Ideology Christian right Social conservatism Political position...
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Final victory over his old side West Adelaide by 2 points. After leaving Alberton at the end of 1958, Williams' influence at Port Adelaide was still evident...
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Peter Stiff, The Silent War: South African Recce Operations 1969–1994. Alberton, South Africa: Galago, 1999. Henry Kissinger, Years of Renewal. New York:...
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caused material damage, the abandonment of a limpet mine in a fuel depot in Alberton as well as other sabotage of railways. On 21 July, an attack on an electrical...
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and 1990s., Alberton, South Africa: Galago, p. 315 Stiff, Peter (2001), Warfare by other means. South Africa in the 1980s and 1990s., Alberton, South Africa:...
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Assignment Selous Scouts: Inside Story of a Rhodesian Special Branch Officer. Alberton: Galago. Petter-Bowyer, P. J. H. (2003). Winds of Destruction: The Autobiography...
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Alexandre (2012). The Rhodesia Regiment: From Boer War to Bush War 1899–1980. Alberton: Galago Publishing. ISBN 9781919854526. Blake, Robert (1977). A History...
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pp. 41–57. ISBN 978-0817989026. Stiff, Peter (1989). Nine Days of War. Alberton: Lemur Books (Pty) Ltd. pp. 20, 89, 260. ISBN 978-0620142601. Yusuf, Abdulqawi...
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