 Aucamp P.J, 2 Lt 11 Commando SA Infantry Corps SA Army |
|  HONORIS CRUX - Second Type (HC) (1975)Year Awarded: 1976 Date of Action: 11-Nov-75 |
| Second Lieutenant Pieter Joshua Aucamp was awarded the Honoris Crux for his actions and bravery during the battle of Quicombe on 11 November 1975, during Operation Savannah, who, as platoon leader of the mortar platoon, personally carried two of his wounded men to the road for evacuation, after an enemy mortar had struck right in the middle of their position, wounding some fifteen of the mortarists. By the next day he had the rest of his mortar platoon ready for action again |
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