912 Battalion (SWATF)
| Regiment Erongo | |
|---|---|
SWATF 912 Battalion emblem | |
| Active | 1980 |
| Disbanded | 1990–91 |
| Country | |
| Allegiance | |
| Branch | |
| Type | Motorised Infantry |
| Part of | South West African Territorial Force |
| Motto(s) | Usque Ad Finem “To the very end” |
| Equipment | Casspir |
| Insignia | |
| Part of the South West African Territorial Force | |
| SWATF Regiment Erongo beret badge | |
Regiment Erongo was a quick-reaction unit of the South West African Territorial Force.[1]
History
[edit]Regiment Erongo was formed in January 1980 as 912 Battalion and part of 91 Brigade of the South West Africa Territory Force.[2] 91 SWA Brigade was a Reaction Force with its base at Windhoek, in sector 40. It acted as a mobile reserve to support SWATF operations in Sectors 20 in northern Namibia and was modelled on the SADF motorised brigade.
912 Battalion was part of 91 Brigade
2 SWA Specialist Unit was formed in 1987 out of the parachute company of Regiment Erongo.
Regiment Erongo was disbanded upon the independence of Namibia in 1990-91.[2]
Roll of Honour
[edit]05 Mar 1980: 72208721BT Rifleman Johannes Jacobus Maass from Regiment Erongo (912 Bn) was Killed in Action during a contact with PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland. He was 24.
23 Mar 1980: 71260731BT Corporal Renier Stephanus van Zyl from Regiment Erongo (912 Bn) SWATF was Killed in Action during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland. He was 24.
Notes
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Introducing the SWATF" (PDF). Financial Mail (Supplement). 10 July 1987. pp. 44–47. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Units of the South-West Africa Territory Force (SWATF)". sadf.info. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- Snyman, PHR (1989). "Beeld Van Die SWA Gebiedsmag". Archived from the original on November 7, 2014.
Further reading
[edit]- Helmoed-Romer Heitman (Author), Paul Hannon (Illustrator), Modern African Wars (3): South-West Africa (Men-At-Arms Series, 242), Osprey Publishing (November 28, 1991) ISBN 1-85532-122-X.