Col Jakes Jacobs was a

South African Army The South African Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of South Africa, a part of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), along with the South African Air Force, South African Navy and South African Military Health Servi ...

officer from the

artillery Artillery consists of ranged weapons that launch Ammunition, munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms. Early artillery development focused on the ability to breach defensive walls and fortifications during sieges, and l ...

Military career

He joined the

South African Defence Force The South African Defence Force (SADF) (Afrikaans: ''Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag'') comprised the armed forces of South Africa from 1957 until 1994. Shortly before the state reconstituted itself as a republic in 1961, the former Union Defence Fo ...

in 1970 and graduated from the

South African Military Academy The South African Military Academy is based on similar principles to that of the military academy system of the United States ( United States Military Academy United States Naval Academy United States Air Force Academy). The academy is a militar ...

in 1972. He saw active service in Angola during

Operation Savannah Operation Savanna (or Operation Savannah) was the first insertion of SOE trained Free French paratroops into German-occupied France during World War II. This SOE mission, requested by the Air Ministry, was to ambush and kill as many pilots as ...

in 197576. Battery Commander at 14 Field Regiment, Chief Instructor Locating. He completed the Senior Command Staff Course in 1982. at School of Artillery during 1983 to 1986. He was appointed as OC School of Artillery from 1987 to 1991. He served as from 19911995. He retired from the SANDF in 1995.

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South African Army officers Living people Afrikaner people South African people of Dutch descent Stellenbosch University alumni South African military personnel of the Border War 1951 births {{SouthAfrica-mil-bio-stub