Witwatersrand Command

Witwatersrand Command
Witwatersrand Command
The Drill Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa
Type	Command (military formation)

The Witwatersrand Command was a Command of the South African Army. It was one of the ten regional commands, which, with the Walvis Bay Military Area, made up the Territorial Force.

History

Origin

Based in Johannesburg, it was responsible for the security of the region, forming the primary level of command for military operations in support of the Police. It also provided logistic, administrative and service support to units and formations operating in its area of responsibility.^[2]^[3]

When 6th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment SAA became operational in 1966 with its headquarters at Brakpan, it was originally administratively responsible to Headquarters Witwatersrand Command, but was later transferred to I South African Corps.

In 1987, the command headquarters installation was the target of a bomb by Umkhonto we Sizwe operative Hein Grosskopf.^[4]

Amalgamation with Northern Transvaal Command into Gauteng Command

Groups and Commando Units

Group 16 (Marievale)

Group 17 (Midvaal)

Group 18 (Doornkop)

Group 41 (Primrose)

Group 42 (Lenz)

Leadership

Leadership of Wits Command
From	Commanding Officers	To
1936	Major-General Christoffel Venter CB DFC & bar^[5]	1936
c. 1939	Lt Col Charlie Ross^[1]	12 July 2024
c. 1945	Maj Gen Bertram Frank Armstrong^[6]^[7]	12 July 2024
August 1940	Lt Col William E.C. Tanner^[a]	October 1940
1974	Brigadier G.W. Germishuizen^[9]	12 July 2024
1987	Brigadier Joffel van der Westhuizen^[10]	12 July 2024
From	Command Sgts Major	To

Notes

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