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Johan Potgieter

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Johan Diederick Potgieter

Born(1935-05-14)14 May 1935 [1]
Bethal, Transvaal
Died4 January 1976(1976-01-04) (aged 40)
Dondo, Angola
Buried
Bethal Cemetery
Service / branch South African Army
Years of service–1976
RankBrigadier
Service number01169895PE
Unit4 Artillery Regiment
Commands
Battles / warsOps Savannah
AwardsSouthern Cross Medal SM Permanent Force Good Service Medal '
Spouse(s)Sannie van der Nest

Brigadier Johan Potgieter SM ((1935-05-14)14 May 1935 – (1976-01-04)4 January 1976) was a South African Army officer from the artillery who served as OC School of Artillery, SA Military College, Director Artillery, SA Military Academy and later Orange Free State Command. He was appointed the OC 2 Military Area from late 1975 in Operation Savannah.[2]

Army career

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He completed the Staff Course at the Staff College, Camberley during 1968 and served as Officer Commanding School of Artillery[3] from 1968 – 1969, SA Army College from 1969 – 1971, Director of Artillery and SA Military Academy during 1973 – 1975. He died after being shot down during Ops Savannah in a Puma helicopter.

Unveiled by his wife at 2 Field Regiment, 1976

Awards and decorations

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References

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  1. ^ "South African War Graves Project -".
  2. ^ "Johan Potgieter Service Details". southafricawargraves.org. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  3. ^ Anon., "School of Artillery" (PDF), South African Gunner, p. 9, archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2013, retrieved 31 March 2015
Military offices
Preceded by
Dawie Schoeman
OC 2 Military Area
1975–1976
Succeeded by
Ben de Wet Roos
Preceded by Commandant SA Military Academy
1973–1975
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commandant SA Army College
1969–1971
Succeeded by
Mac Kotzé
Preceded by OC School of Artillery
1968–1969
Succeeded by