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By Johan Schoeman on
2011/11/07 12:00 AM
It was Friday evening, 30 Oct 1981, at Omuthyia,
the base of 61 Mechanised Battalion Group in Northern
South-West Africa, the day before the start of Operation Daisy
(D-6).
It started off as a quiet evening, with all
the “Big Brass” gone for dinner in nearby Tsumeb for their last civilized meal
for the next three weeks. Major Schoeman, an infantry officer (I was not sure
what his appointment was at this time), the RSM, AO1 Barnard, and the junior
officers were left in charge at the base – no one else was allowed to leave so
close to the start of an operation …and the NCO’s and troops of Alpha Company
and Bravo Company (all from 1 SA Infantry Battalion), Charlie Squadron (from 2
Special Service Battalion), Delta Company (H Coy from 1 Parachute Battalion),
and Sierra Battery (from 43 Battery in Walvis Bay). All the training and final
“staal parade” (inspections) had been completed and the troops settled in for a
final day of rest before the movement out to the Assembly Areas on D-5.
Three...
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