35 Engineer Support Regiment is a regiment of the

South African Engineer Corps The South African Army Engineer Formation is the controlling entity of all South African Army military engineering units. The Formation is currently commanded by the General Officer Commanding (GOC); Brigadier General D.W. Nkosi, as of early 201 ...

. The role of the unit is to be the depot of prime mission equipment for the engineer corps.

History

Origin

Originally established at

Kroonstad Kroonstad (Afrikaans directly translated "Crown City") is the third largest city in the Free State (after Bloemfontein and Welkom) and lies two hours' drive on the N1 from Gauteng. Maokeng is an area within Kroonstad, and is occasionally used ...

as 35 Field Park Squadron but later renamed 35 Engineer Support Unit. The unit was moved to Mariedale near Springs and renamed 35 Engineer Support Regiment with the number 35 being replaced on its flash by the bee.

Leadership

* Col Gerrit Janse van Vuuren * Lt Col Sam Mbonani

Insignia

Previous Insignia

References

{{SA Army Units Engineer regiments of South Africa Military units and formations in Brakpan