Brigadier General

Krupert Eric Nel

SD, SM, MMM
Died(1957-11-04)4 November 1957
Allegiance South Africa
Service/branch South African Army and Special Forces
Years of serviceJanuary 1978–31 March 2012
RankBrigadier General
UnitSchool of Engineers, Kroonstad
Commands held
AwardsSouthern Cross Decoration SD Southern Cross Medal SM Military Merit Medal MMM Pro Patria Medal ' Southern Africa Medal ' General Service Medal (South Africa) ' Unitas (Unity) Medal ' Good Service Medal ' Good Service Medal ' Good Service Medal '

Brigadier General Krupert Eric Nel SD SM MMM is a retired South African Army officer who also served in the South African Special Forces.

Military career

Brig Gen Nel joined the South African Defence Force at the School of Engineers in January 1978 as a National Serviceman, where he later became an officer. In 1980 he completed the Special Forces Cycle Training and was transferred to 4 Reconnaissance Regiment in Langebaan.[1] In May 1985 he participated in the ill-fated incursion into Cabinda - Operation Argon - that resulted in two Special Forces operators being killed in action and a third being captured by MPLA forces.

From 3 January 1994 to 13 March 1998 he was the Officer Commanding of 4 Special Forces Regiment and then served as the Chief of Staff of the South African Special Forces Brigade from 1 March 1998 until 31 December 2002, becoming the General Officer Commanding on 1 January 2003.[1]

In January 2006 he was appointed as the Chief of Staff of the South African Army Infantry Formation.[1][2]

Brig Nel took early retirement from the SANDF on 31 March 2012.[1]

Awards and decorations

Medals

Gen Nel has been awarded the following medals:[2]: Photo 

Proficiency and Qualification badges

Gen Nel qualified for the following:[1][2]: Photo 

SA Special Forces Operator's Badge
(Qualification)
Black on Thatch beige, Embossed
Dagger enclosed with a laurel wreath
Attack Diver
(Qualification)
Bronze
Black on Thatch beige, Embossed
The badge depicts a great white shark swimming past the Neptune trident, which is mounted on the mouthpiece of an Oxygears 57 and is enclosed within the tubes of the Oxygears 57
Free Fall Paratrooper
(Qualification)
Advanced, Freefall
Black on Thatch beige
Small Black wings

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Meyer, Maj M. (October 2012). "GOODBYE "ROGER KEN"" (PDF). SA Soldier. 19 (10): 8. ISSN 1609-5014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Rakoma, Ally (March 2011). "Honouring the heroic deeds of fallen infanteers". SA Soldier. 18 (3): 19. ISSN 1609-5014.


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