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Morris, Paul. Back to Angola: A Journey from War to Peace. Signed by Author. Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2014. First Edition. In 1987, Paul Morris went to Angola as a conscripted soldier, where he experienced the fear and filth of war. Twenty-five years later, in 2012, Paul returned to Angola, and embarked on a 1500-kilometre cycle trip. The narrative shifts between Paul’s vivid memories of the war and his experiences in peacetime Angola. 288 pp., colour plates. Near Fine. Pictorial Laminated Wrappers. (#0001633)     border war, grensoorlog, sandf, saw, military, war, oorlog, militer, weermag, armed forces, gewapende magte, defence force, south african, suid afrika, infantary, infantarie, bush war, bosoorlog, ladysmith, 5 sai, infanterie, bokkoppe, infantry, mechanised, pantser, 1sai,  

Koevoet Miniature Camo Bush Hat With Back Flap. The length of this cap is 8cm, the height measures 5cm and the width measures 10cm.

 SADF Nutria bush jacket - Total back length: 84cm, Armpit to armpit: 62cm, Armpit to cuff: 52cm

 SADF Nutria bush jacket - Total back length: 73cm, Armpit to armpit: 52cm, armpit to cuff: 46cm

 SADF Nutria bush jacket - Total back length: 73cm, Armpit to armpit: 55cm, Armpit to cuff: 51cm

Buy To the Bush and Back. (Paperback) Nico van der Walt for R230.00

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Buy To The Bush And Back, South African Border War 32 Battalion by Nico Van Der Walt for R200.00

MILITARY STYLE PATROL BAG - BUSH CAMO & SHOULDER SLING....  with no less than 6 main; 10 secondary compartments; numerous velcro strips etc.                      DESCRIPTION & SPECIFICATIONS: Bush camouflaged patrol back with adjustable & padded shoulder strap; waterproof canvas material; 6 main & 10 secondary compartments; heavy duty zips; numerous Velcro strips; numerous  elastic holding strips (within compartments; sides & bottom of the bag) with space for a hydration pack etc. Comfortable, compact size & very handy!             VERY NICE PATROL BAG - JUST AWESOME!!!

 SADF Nutria bush jacket - Size large - Waist 65 cm - Inner arm 61 cm - Total back length 86 cm 

UP FOR AUCTION IS A RHODESIAN CAMO (BRUSHSTROKE)BUSH JACKET- ONLY MISSING 2 GREEN BUTTONS-OTHERWISE GOOD CONDITION. HAS ZIP POCKET ON BACK.& STILL HAS PULL STRINGS. 4 POCKETS ON FRONT. SIZE-SHOULDER TO SHOULDER-48CM  /SLEEVE LENGHT-57 CM. COLLAR TO BOTTOM WAIST-77 CM [MIDDLE WAIST-52 CM SIZE -I WOULD SAY -MEDIUM SHIPPING (SA)POST NET TO  POST NET R110.00. SAPO-R75.00 HAPPY BIDDING!! PLEASE CHECK MY SITE FOR OTHER RHODESIAN MEMORABILIA OR PICK UP AT MILITARY SHOP IN PRIMROSE -FISHERS HILL-MAIN ROAD-THANK YOU!

 SADF Nutria bush jacket  - Size medium Total back length: 78cm Armpit to armpit: 57cm Armpit to cuff: 51cm

 SADF Nutria bush jacket - Pienaar - Size: X-Large Total back length: 85cm Armpit to armpit: 60cm Armpit to cuff: 53cm

  SADF Nutria Field dress bush jacket - Size: Large Total back length: 80.5cm Armpit to armpit: 53cm Armpit to cuff: 52.5cm  

 SADF Camo bush jacket wool inner - Size small/medium - Waist 58 cm - Inner arm 28 cm - Total back length 60 cm 

 SADF Nutria bush jacket - Size large Back length: 80cm Armpit to armpit: 60cm Armpit to cuff: 56cm

The Oztrail Eco range of camping tents are ideal for singles or small groups of campers who are looking for a lightweight, easily erected tent. They are an affordable entry level range that will provide more than enough protection in the bush. The Oztrail Switch Back 2 Camo Dome tent is great for those who want to blend into the background. It is designed with the beginner camper in mind as it is a quick and easy pop up tent which is ideal for overnight stays for 1 or 2 people. It has excellent ventilation from the front door through to the rear window. The longer lasting UVtex Sun Tough fly fabric gives excellent shelter from the sun as well as the rain. Oztrail Switch Back 2 Camo Dome Tent Features: 'No-See-Um' Mesh for complete insect protection - UVTex Waterproofing technologies - Heat taped seams for a complete water shield - Heavy Duty PE Bucket floor with elevated floor seams - Mesh windows with zip closed flap for increased ventilation - Packs flat into a compact circular carry bag - Erect Size: 2 1 0 cm x 1 20 cm x 90 cm - Packed Size: 7 0 cm x 7 0 cm x 3 cm - Weight: 1.8 kg - Sleeps up to 2 - 1 year warranty

Armpit to armpit 52cm Armpit to cuff 30cm Total back length 72cm 

  Nico van der Walt, South Africa, 2008. Paperback. Condition: New. 208 pp. A story about the last phase of the South African Border War as experienced by a junior officer of 32-Battalion.

Formed in 1916 as The Rhodesia Native Regiment, its troops were blooded with honour in the East African campaign. Disbanded in 1919, the regiment was re-formed in 1940 during World War II as The Rhodesian African Rifles, seeing action in Burma. In the 1950s, the regiment distinguished itself further during the Malayan Emergency. During the 1960s and 1970s, the regiment was at the forefront of hostilities in the bloody Rhodesian bush war. Ironically, it was after Zimbabwean independence in 1980, that the RARs finest hour came, when, fighting for their erstwhile enemy, Mugabe, the soldiers of the RAR defeated Nkomos invading ZIPRA armies at the battles of Entumbane in Bulawayo. Masodja  London launch address - Brigadier D. Heppenstall: 09/11/07 Lord Salisbury, our President, General Lord Michael Walker, the son of our battalion 2ic in Burma in World War 2, honoured guests, members of the Association, ladies and gentlemen. Like the Battle of Waterloo, this has been a close run thing. Yesterday morning I received four copies of Masodja from the printers in Durban, South Africa, by special delivery, and the main consignment only arrived at Heathrow yesterday evening. The main reason for the four by special delivery was so that we could present one of them to Prince Philip when he signed our Regimental Drumskin at lunchtime yesterday. He was most intrigued when Tobias Mutangadura pointed out to him his photograph taken at the Malayan Independence Merdeka celebrations fifty years ago in 1957. Anyway to get back to the main topic, the reasons why we almost didnt succeed in getting the books here for the launch were several. Firstly it was published and printed in South Africa on the one hand and the author and Regimental Association in the UK on the other. This of course prevented close liaison between the two sides although the use of email made things far easier than they used to be. Most of the text was completed by Alex Binda several years ago, although there were gaps in the records available, and more information was received right up to the last minute. Originally we had planned to have the Launch last April to coincide with our Regimental Day, Tanlwe Chaung Day. This was deemed too early, and it was put back to July, the month in which the Regiment was formed. In the meantime, however, in conjunction with Chris Cocks, Alex had written the History of the RLI, The Saints, which had a very impressive Launch last June. Chris Cocks, our publisher at 30 Degrees South, advised us that a July Launch would be too close to the Saints Launch and recommended that it be postponed to Remembrance Weekend  which we agreed and set the wheels in motion to hire this hall and invite our VIP guests. Apart from the distance between publishers and originators, other mitigating factors included the sheer volume of photographs of which about 75% have been included. These were still being annotated about ten days before the book went to print! Another major factor which nearly caused a postponement was the bad reaction to a new course of medicine prescribed to Kerrin Cocks. This resulted in her being rushed into intensive care followed by a two week break to recuperate. Kerrin is a vital cog in the 30 Degrees South machine, but was soon back on line to rush things through. Pinetown Printers in Durban did a great job in completing those books which we have here today, and in fact they were working 24 hours over the whole of last weekend. We owe a debt of gratitude to all involved in the publication, to Chris and Kerrin Cocks for their expertise, to Pinetown Printers and to Bill Welsh for acting as our Marshal Blucher and arriving with the books in the nick of time. Apart, of course, from Alex Binda, I owe a special thank you to John Hopkins, Iain Harper, Bridget Wells-West and all those who supplied photographs and reminiscences of their time in the Regiment. I would now like to deal with our four members whom we invited over from Zimbabwe. This has been possible due to the magnificent support given by the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League who paid all their expenses. Our four who came over are: Captain Machakada Patrick Nelomwe: He attested in time to go to the Canal Zone, Egypt, with 1RAR in 1952, and has subsequently seen service in Malaya, the Nyasaland Emergency, the Congo border and the Rhodesian bush war. He rose from company clerk in A Company to ORQMS in the 1st Battalion in 1980. He was commissioned, subsequently in the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA). Major Tobias Chenharu Mutangadura DMM: A member of the Rhodesian Army Education Corps who served almost all his time with 1RAR. By 1980 he was a WO1 and had been awarded the Defence Forces Medal for Meritorious Service (DMM). He was commissioned in the ZNA, and retired as major. He was curator of the Gweru Military Museum for several years. RSM Gibson Zanago Mugadza BCR: A very talented half back in my battalion football team in his younger days. In the Rhodesian bush war he was awarded the Bronze Cross of Rhodesia (BCR) for outstanding leadership and bravery in action. He retired from the Army after 1980 as RSM at the School of Infantry, Gwelo. RSM Obert Veremu DMM: Obert was in my platoon in Malaya where he was a junior NCO, leading scout and tracker. That was exactly 50 years ago. He rose steadily through the ranks, was a champion 110 mile marcher and was awarded his DMM in 1972. He was RSM 1RAR from 1977 to 1978 and 3RAR from its formation in 1978 until after independence when he retired and went farming. The four are ideally situated throughout the country. Patrick is in Bulawayo, Tobias in Gweru, Gibson in Harare and Obert in the Vumba. They will be able to tell all our old comrades that the Regiment is still very much alive! I must now emphasise that the main reason that they arrived here at all is thanks to Lt-Col Malcolm Clewer, the Chairman of our Association in Zimbabwe and also the Chairman of the Harare Branch of the Legion

SIGNED COPY Roan Antelope Books, 1997. Hard cover with dust cover, 283 pages. Very good condition. Tightly bound, neat and clean. The  dust cover has minor wear. Sellotape marks in front and back. Name in front scratched out. U nder 1kg. John Edmond takes us through Rhodesia's major events, highlighting the early rulers, Mzilikazi and Shaka Zulu, right up to the last century. In this memoir, he takes us from his childhood, through the bush war and UDI to the stepping down of Ian Smith and beyond. Moving to Johannesburg, the author, already a renowned musician, breaks into the industry in Johannesburg, South Africa, eventually running the Gallo Music Company. What makes this book particularly interesting is the inclusion of the lyrics of the words to the huge number of songs he wrote which reflect the history and events of those times. His work took him all over the world, but the bush always called him back, often to dangerous areas of Zimbabwe when he frequently was called upon to entertain the troops.  

DOGS OF WAR Author / Publisher: PEET COETZEE (This is the English version of   K-9 HONDE SOLDATE) Book Details: ISBN - 9780620513319 This book has 313 B&W foto’s. Contains 300 pages. Bonding – Stitched back Cover tipe - Paperback   This book is an updated version of the first and only history of the South African Defence Force (SADF) Dog Centre unit from the old to the new, and also right up to the disbandment of this small and little known unit. It will skillfully guide you, with the help of richly illustrated photographic coverage from the origins of the SADF Dog Centre; along the pitfall-strewn path it had to wander in order to gain the important first-class knowledge necessary to function successfully on our borders.   During the bush war phase, they started their experience when it was first deployed, as early as 1967.       Ten years later their knowledge was exploited in a unit specially designed to cater for their abilities. Dog handlers of this unit, the South West Africa Specialist Unit, will tell the story of some of the personal experiences they encountered while doing their bit on the border.   Although two handlers and eight dogs had to pay with their lives during skirmishes with the enemy, many a life was saved by the vigilance of man’s best vriend. Two medals for bravery were awarded to dogs.   Peet Coetzee was one of the pioneers of the dog unit, and served for 33 years in the SADF. As the author of bush war books he enjoyed praise for his earlier books as being “ the most comprehensive and richly illustrated of all bush literature” [VOLKSBLAD, Bloemfontein].  

The Tempered Sword, Colonel Jan Breytenbach's 2011 published book, is aptly sub-titled "Forged in Battle revisited; Operation Savannah and the birth of 32Bn".  This fascinating account takes the reader back to the period before the launch of Operation Savannah in 1975, through this epic campaign in South Africa's military history, to 1976, when South African soldiers withdrew from Angola and the formation of 32Bn. As you know, Operation Savannah encompassed and touched the whole country, from the Recce Operators who were instrumental in training the rag-tag FNLA soldiers, the Paratroopers, the Armour guys in their noddy cars, the Infantry and logistics chaps doing their National Service, to the CF regiments contributing "border camps" and a host of ancillary arms, both on the border and back in the "states"! Colonel Breytenbach tell his fascinating story in his no-nonsense direct style, punctuated by his often wicked sense of humor, interspersed with the compassion and humility of one of SA's greatest warriors of our time.  The Tempered Sword is illustrated with a generous selection of black and white photographs, and for once, accurate and detailed campaign and battle maps to satisfy the most ardent student of latter day Bush War history. Hardcover, 444 pages FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINT - VERY  RARE.