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Born | Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | November 13, 1966||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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About BoonDock
Who am I
- I am a South African who has a passion for my country. I am mostly interested in the Military in the Wikipedia.
- I am a Reserve Force Officer
Service
- As a disclosure about vested interests, I have served in or with, or been attached to, the following units or formations over the past thirty years:
- 5 South African Infantry Battalion (National Service & Border Duty)
- 1 Recce (Selection)
- Natal Carbineers
- Cape Town Highlanders
- Durban Light Infantry
- 19 Field Engineer Regiment SAEC
- Natal Field Artillery
- United Nations Force Intervention Brigade This included 6 South African Infantry Battalion, 1 Parachute Battalion and 5 Special Forces Regiment (South Africa)
- I have also had close association with a number of other units, specifically Umvoti Mounted Rifles, Natal Mounted Rifles and 84 Signals Unit
Awards
I have been awarded:
Pro Patria Medal
General Service Medal
Unitas Medal
John Chard Medal
- Emblem for Reserve Force Service (RD) (Reserve Distinction)
United Nations Medal (MONUSCO – DRC with Numeral 2)
I have been cited for, but not yet awarded:
Medalje vir Troue Diens (Medal for Loyal Service with 20 Year Clasp)
Medalje vir Troue Diens (Medal for Loyal Service with 30 Year Clasp)
iPhrothiya yeBhronzi (PB) (Bronze Protea)
Nkwe ya Boronse (NB) (Bronze Leopard)
Tshumelo Ikatelaho (General Service Medal)
with Tshumelo Ikatelaho (Clasps) (General Service Medal with Humanitarian Aid clasp)
and either the Tshumelo Ikatelaho (Clasps) (General Service Medal with Peace Support clasp)
or a possible new clasp Tshumelo Ikatelaho (General Service Medal with Force Intervention Brigade clasp)
Wikipedia Contributions
- I have contributed in a small way to a number of Wikipedia pages and developed the {{SA Army Units}} template as well as the {{Medal Display}} and {{Badge Display}} templates.
Civilian life
I own and run a small publishing company
Templates created
- {{SA Army Units}}
- {{SAMHS}}
- {{SA Army Chiefs}}
- {{SA Defence Chiefs}}
- Medal Display
{{Medal Display|Medal Abbrev|ribbon size}}
- Badge Display
{{Badge Display|Badge Abbrev|badge size}}
- {{Post-nominals/ZAR}} ({{postnominals}})
- {{BattleHonour}}
Wiki Awards
Award of WikiChevrons
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The WikiChevrons | |
This is in recognition of your creation of Durban Regiment and 19 Field Engineer Regiment (as well as your much more ambitious SA project off-wiki!!) Keep it up! Great work!! Buckshot06 (talk) 08:15, 18 December 2014 (UTC) |
- Thank you @Buckshot06:!! BoonDock (talk) 09:00, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
The South African Barnstar of National Merit
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The South African Barnstar of National Merit |
Awarded to BoonDock for his hard work in creating and contributing to SANDF related articles. Well Done and Thanks! Gbawden (talk) 06:49, 9 December 2014 (UTC) Seconded. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 13:35, 21 December 2014 (UTC) |