Elundu
Our Platoon was chosen to go to Sector 10 Training Unit – Oshivelo for additional training. The base was located just off the tar road between Ondangwa and Tsumeb, approximately 100 kilometres from Tsumeb.
Claymore Mine Training
Certify in the deployment of the Claymore Mine (R1M1).
The Claymore was typically deployed to protect a Temporary Base (TB) camp for the night, when venturing out on a week or two foot patrol.
Mine Sweeper Training
Great, especially for finding countless bottle caps.
Live Training
At Oshivelo the lads also had an opportunity to blow up sh#t.
Jackson behind the M40 106 mm Recoil-less Rifle, Brian Fritz sitting, Jonathan Atkinson and Michael McCue.
Elundu Base
View from the “Aapkas” over the mortar pits and troop tents.
View from a troop tent over one of the mortar firing pits.
Charlie Bunker Guard Duty
Face of Battle
To all who’ve seen the face of battle
Combatants, civilians, families, friends
Survivors and the fallen
Sharing death and life differently
As memorials testify
Ideology stands defunct
With each daybreak, each new sunrise
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
Author: Garth Benneyworth
An Alpha Company section having fun with sandbags to build a guard post.
Somebody wet the bed or were they tanning?
Elundu Head Quarters.
Oom Willie se pad
Now certified we had the privilege of doing the +-15 km sweep along “Oom Willie se pad” (Uncle William’s Road”), just about every week for 3 months.
The Sappers and Mine Sweepers were moved back to Eenhana for a time-out and then returned back to their home base in South Africa to take some well deserved leave.
The road trip from Elundu to Eenhana was typically to replenish water and food rations.
New Lieutenant
Replacement Lieutenant Diedericks, an excellent leader.
Bush Pussy
Fortunate enough to find pussy 5000 km’s from home.
