Johan Potgieter

Commandant SA Army College
Commandant SA Military Academy
Commandant School of Artillery

Battles/warsOps SavannahAwards

Spouse(s)Sannie van der Nest

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.

Awards and decorations

Southern Cross Medal (1952) (SM)
Permanent Force Good Service Medal

References

^ "South African War Graves Project -".
^ "Johan Potgieter Service Details". southafricawargraves.org. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
^ 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 Magnus Malan	Commandant SA Military Academy 1973–1975	Succeeded by Jan van Loggerenberg
Preceded by Constand Viljoen	Commandant SA Army College 1969–1971	Succeeded by Mac Kotzé
Preceded by Shorty Brown	OC School of Artillery 1968–1969	Succeeded by Shorty Brown