Helm Roos

Brigadier Helm Roos (19301992) was a senior officer in the South African Army from the artillery . He was a qualified Army Air Observation Pilot who served as OC 7 South African Division and Western Province Command before his retirement in the seventies.[1]


Helm Roos
Born1930 (1930)
Died(1992-05-11)11 May 1992[1]
Cape Town, Cape Province
Allegiance South Africa
Service/branch South African Army
RankBrigadier
Unit4 Field Regiment
Commands held
Battles/warsOps Savannah
AwardsPro Patria Medal (South Africa) ' Good Service Medal ' Good Service Medal ' Permanent Force Good Service Medal '
Spouse(s)Jill Roos[1]
RelationsWife
Other workHon Colonel[1]  Cape Town Rifles

Army career

He served as an artilleryman in 4 Field Training Regiment and 14 Field Regiment. As a major, he completed the British Army Command and Staff course in the fifties. He was in command of the management team in Angola during the "Bridge 14" operation circa 1974 during the cold-war era power vacuum left by the Portuguese evacuation. He later commanded 14 Fd Regt and was appointed as the Military Attaché in Portugal and OC Western Province Command. He was an Honorary Colonel of The Cape Town Rifles (Dukes) between 1991 and 1992.

Awards and decorations

Master Gunner: 1008
Master Gunner
Brigadier
Helm Roos[lower-alpha 2]
Year: Before 1970
←1007: Brigadier
Willie Kotze
Unknown :1009→

Post Army career

He was recruited by the Royal Dutch Shell Oil company at retirement from the Army to the position of Chief of Security South Africa, where he served the remainder of his life espousing the principle of "being the harder nut to crack". He succumbed to prostate cancer in 2 Military hospital in 1992.

Notes

  1. Only the Cunene clasp was awarded, to members who served in Angola during Operation Savannah in 1975 and 1976. Recipients of the clasp wear a button, with the letter C encircled by a wreath, on the ribbon bar.
  2. Grandfathered. Long Gunnery Course, Larkhill, Great Britain. Number is assigned for convenience.

References

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