| 117 Battalion - (2 members)
117 Battalion (117 BN) [Afr: 117 Bataljon] was to be established at Soekmekaar in 1993 as one of nine regional African battalions to train black soldiers, each with a particular ethnic identity, which would serve under regional SADF commands. 117 BN would have comprised of Sepedi soldiers from the Northern Transvaal. The battalion was converted into a training unit around 1997 and was finally amalgamated into 3 South African Infantry Battalion as part of the new SANDF. Link me to this Unit |