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:
- I have also had close association with a number of other units, specifically Umvoti Mounted Rifles, Natal Mounted Rifles and 84 Signals Unit
Awards
Postnominals: RD
I have been awarded:
Proficiency badges
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1st Class Shot – Rifle
(Proficiency)
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1st Class Marksman
Black on Thatch beige, Embossed
Black (Black rifle), with a black rectangle surrounding the rifle
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Demolitions
(Qualification)
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Level 1 (DEMS1)
Black on Thatch beige, Embossed
The badge uses the traditional 9 flames exploding grenade which is superimposed over one lightning bolt diagonally (top right to bottom left) across the exploding grenade
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I have been cited for, but not yet awarded:
with 
Tshumelo Ikatelaho (General Service Medal) (Humanitarian Aid clasp)
and either the 
Tshumelo Ikatelaho (General Service Medal) (Peace Support clasp)
or a possible new clasp 
Tshumelo Ikatelaho (General Service Medal) (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.
- I track the WP:NOREFLIST and CAT:REF and try to keep them clear.
Medal Categories
Civilian life
I used to own and run a small publishing company. Now I do private security and consulting.
Templates created
MilAwards
I wrote a Lua module called ((Module:MilAward)) which holds all the data I can find for medals in ((Module:MilAward/data)). This module impliments a variety of functions which draw the data from that stored in ((Module:MilAward/data)) to present it in different ways.
I have created the following templates to present that data:
To be created:
((Template:MilAward Ribbon))
Done - display the award ribbon linked to the medal information page((Template:MilAward Desc)) Done - display the ribbon and alongside it the medal name with a link to the medal's page((Template:MilAward Stats)) - A template which can be used to list all the data in the database. Currently active on ((Template talk:MilAward)) It can be invoked (#invoke) by anyone on any page, and if needed I will create a template for it. Done If I do create the template, I will remove the stat table.
Yet Depends on someone making a use case.((Template:MilAward PostNom)) - Done a replacement for the ((Post-nominals)) template drawing from the same database.((Template:MilAward Stack)) - Done This will allow for a list of medal codes, similar to the current Post-nominals template, which would then display all the ribbons specified in a long horizontal stack, similar to how the ((Template:MilAward Ribbon)) works now with individual ribbons.
As I go, I will also add extra features:
- Country=yes - DoneAdd the display of country to the medal description. WIll have to figure out if I display just what's in the data or do an ISO lookup for a country name. (specify the recipient's country and any OTHER country will be added to the description)
- Class=no - Allow the turning off of the addition of what's in the "Class" field to the medal description
- TextSize=xx - Allow the specification of the size of the text. Probably a percentage. Done for PostNom not for anything else.
- Org=yes - Allow the turning on of the display of the contents of the "Org" field
- Notes=no - Allow the turning off of the display of the contents of the "Notes" field
Test
National Order of the Southern Cross (Grand Cross) [a]
Major Jack De Valance Greeff (SA Army Retired)
Proficiency badges
SA Special Forces Operator's Badge
(Qualification)
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Gold, 10 Years
Black on Thatch beige, Embossed
Dagger enclosed with a laurel wreath. Exclusion to indicate diamond on Dagger blade.
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Sniper
(Qualification)
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Black on Thatch beige, Embossed
Black rifle and laurel wreath
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1st Class Shot – Rifle
(Proficiency)
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1st Class Marksman
Black on Thatch beige, Embossed
Black (Black rifle), with a black rectangle surrounding the rifle
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- ^ Portuguese: Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul – Grã-Cruz
- ^ Only the Cunene clasp was awarded, to members who served in Angola during Operation Savannah in 1975 and 1976. Recipients of the clasp wear a button, with the letter C encircled by a wreath, on the ribbon bar.
Wiki Awards
Award of WikiChevrons
The South African Barnstar of National Merit
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The South African Barnstar of National Merit
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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)
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Pro Patria Medal
General Service Medal (South Africa)
Unitas (Unity) Medal
John Chard Medal
Medal Ribbon for Loyal Service - with RD device (Reserve Distinction) (RD)
United Nations Medal (MONUSCO - DRC (Numeral 2))
Medalje vir Troue Diens (Medal for Loyal Service) (20 Year Clasp)
iPhrothiya yeBhronzi (Bronze Protea) (PB)
Nkwe ya Boronse (Bronze Leopard) (NB)
No backlog
Honoris Crux Silver (HCS)
Pro Merito Medal (1975) (PMM)
Military Merit Medal (MMM)
Pro Patria Medal (South Africa) (with Cunene Clasp) [b]
Southern Africa Medal
Commando Closure Commemoration Medal
De Wet Decoration (DWD)
Good Service Medal (Bronze (10 Years))
