Died 1992 (aged 61–62) Battles/wars Ops Savannah Rank Brigadier | Allegiance South Africa Name Helm Roos | |
Commands held Western Province Command
14 Field Regiment | ||
Service/branch South African Army | ||
Brigadier Helm Roos was a retired South African Army officer who served as OC 7 South African Division and Western Province Command before his retirement in the seventies.
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Army career
He served as an artilleryman in 4 Field Training Regiment and 14 Field Regiment. He was in command of the management team in Angola during the "Bridge 14" operation circa 1974 during the cold-war era power vacuum left by the Portuguese evacuation. He later commanded 14 Fd Regt and was appointed as the Military Attaché in Portugal and OC WP Cmnd. He was an Honorary Colonel of The Cape Town Rifles (Dukes) between 1991 and 1992.
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Post Army career
He was recruited by the Royal Dutch Shell Oil company at retirement from the Army to the position of Chief of Security South Africa, where he served the remainder of his life espousing the principle of "being the harder nut to crack". He succumbd to prostate cancer in Two Military hospital in 1992.