platoon 8
Jan. 1980 to Dec. 1981
Platoons 8 and 9 combined
Training:
Lt. Clive Branthwaite
Cpl. F M Strauss
Cpl. A J Schackleton — short service, later Sgt.
Cpl. R. Areboe — short service, later Sgt.
Operations:
Lt. Leon Goosen — RIP
Cpl. Greg Richmond — Pl. Sgt.
Rob Rose
Robbie Grant
Fred Grant — Robbie’s brother
Shawn Boswell
Craig De Villiers
Mark Williamson,
Anton Barnard — RIP
Doug Will — In Tasmania
Juan Van Der Spek
Kevin Vincent
Boerie Van Der Westhuizen
Mike Wilson
Monty Labuschagne
Trevor Binder — his sons race MotoGP 2022
Piet Beetge
Peter Dalton
Nick Hearn
Bryan Scott
Steve Scott
'Rassie' Erasmus
Geo Palmieri
Bobby Brengosh — RIP?
Kippie Malherbe
Frans Winterbach — brother of Danie of Pl. 4
'Doep' Du Plooy
Vermeulen
Peter Saad
Christo Van Staden
Reggie Temple
Brian Barnard — aka Barnie
Angie Tissen — RIP ref. Charlie Tissen in 2016/17
Leonard Hayes — Angie’s cousin
Michael Bretherton
Klopper
Vermaak
Stoney
Van Wyk
Van Schalkwyk
Sean Van Der Walt
Kleynhans
Michael Guy
John Brits
Robbie Dirksen — Didn’t go to border, at Potch in 1981
Ian Scanlen — Broke collarbone during training, didn’t go to the border