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Main picture: Lt Zeelie circled in the bottom left with me circled on the top right hand side.

Lt. FJ Zeelie

The most comprehensive account of this action that I can find is in a book by Peter Stiff entitled The Silent War: South African Recce Operations 1969 – 1994.

Louw Wepener Decoration

1 Recce Commando Original Dark Ivory Coloured Flash


1 Recce Commando

Col. JD Breytenach

 Recces in Sabre Land Rover

Grave of Lt FJ Zeelie. Where the white marble is exposed was a brass plate with Zeelie’s name, now stolen

Quiver Tree Forest

Soldier at Fort Klapperkop

Service details per the South African War Graves Commission