Theuns Coetzee

Col Theuns Coetzee HC MMM is a South African Army officer from the artillery who was decorated for valour.

Colonel

Theuns J. Coetzee

HC MMM
BornPretoria
Allegiance South Africa
Service/branch South African Army
Years of service1976–1998
RankColonel
Unit4 Artillery Regiment
Commands heldOC School of Artillery
WarsSouth African Border War
AwardsHonoris Crux (1975) HC Military Merit Medal MMM Pro Patria Medal ' Southern Africa Medal ' General Service Medal (South Africa) ' Unitas (Unity) Medal ' Good Service Medal ' Good Service Medal '

Military career

He joined the South African Defence Force in 1976 as a conscript and qualified as a military parachutist. Battery Commander of 141 Battery at 14 Field Regiment. He saw action in Angola during the South African Border War as a result of which he was awarded the Honoris Crux for actions of bravery and being wounded in operations deep inside Angola during 1985. He served as Chief Instructor Gunnery at the School of Artillery from 1988–1990. He passed the Army College course in 1991. He served as second-in-command of the School of Artillery and then was appointed as the Commanding Officer during 1995–1998.[1] He resigned from the SANDF in 1998.

Honours and awards

Medals

Proficiency badges
Proficiency badges
Master Gunner: 61
Master Gunner
Commandant
Theuns J. Coetzee[lower-alpha 1]
Year: 1990
←60: Commandant
F.J.G. van Eeden		 Commandant
J.W. 'Jackie' Potgieter :62→
Paratrooper Basic
(Qualification)
Basic, Static Line
Black on Thatch beige, Embossed
Small Black wings

Notes
  1. Post occupied when award was made: Chief Instructor, Gunnery (CIG)

References
  1. Anon. "School of Artillery". South African Gunner (PDF). p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2015.


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