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

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

References

  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
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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


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Potgieter
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