Johan Potgieter

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| honorific_prefix = Brigadier

| name = Johan Diederick Potgieter

| honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=ZAR|SM52}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1935|05|14}} {{Cite web | url=http://www.southafricawargraves.org/search/details.php?id=32549 | title=South African War Graves Project - }}

| death_date ={{Death date and age|df=yes|1976|01|04|1935|05|14}}

| birth_place = Bethal, Transvaal

| death_place = Dondo, Angola

| placeofburial = Bethal Cemetery

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| branch = {{army|South Africa|1981}}

| serviceyears = {{ndash}}1976

| rank = Brigadier

| servicenumber = 01169895PE

| unit = 4 Artillery Regiment

| commands = {{plainlist |

• Commandant SA Army College
• Commandant SA Military Academy
• Commandant School of Artillery

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| battles = Ops Savannah

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| spouse = Sannie van der Nest

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Brigadier Johan Potgieter {{Post-nominals|country=ZAR|SM52}} ({{Birth date|df=yes|1935|05|14}}{{snd}}{{Death date|1976|01|04|df=y}}) was a South African Army officer from the artillery who served as OC School of Artillery, SA Military College, Director Artillery, SA Military Academy and later Orange Free State Command. He was appointed the OC 2 Military Area from late 1975 in Operation Savannah.{{cite web|url=http://www.southafricawargraves.org/search/details.php?id=32549|title=Johan Potgieter Service Details|work=southafricawargraves.org|access-date=2015-07-03}}