16 Reception Depot was an administrative unit of the Personnel Service Corps of the South African Army.
History[]
Origin[]
16 Reception Depot was activated as the reception depot to service the then Western Cape Command.[1]
The unit was used to mobilize white troops in the greater Western Cape area. This involved:
- the registering of young white males at schools
- the issuing of call-up papers
- confirmation of the recruits arrival
- the transport of these recruits to various allotted training units
By the early 2000s, Commands were no longer responsible for individual recruitment, making Reception Depots essentially redundant.[2]
Insignia[]
References[]
South African Army Units |
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| Armoured Formation (SAAAF) |
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| Infantry Formation (SAAIF) |
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| Seaborne Infantry | |
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| Artillery Formation |
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| Air Defence Artillery Formation |
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| Engineer Formation |
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| Training Formation | |
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| Support Formation |
Army Support Bases (Eastern Cape, Johannesburg, Kimberley, KZN, Limpopo, Potcheftstroom, Western Cape, Mpumalanga)
Mobilisation Centre
Main Ordnance Depot
National Ceremonial Guard
15 Maint Unit
Other Maintenance Units
37 Field Workshop SAOSC
Other Field Workshops |
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| Signals Formation |
Regular |
- 1 Signal Regt
- 2 Signal Regt
- 3 Signal Regt
- 4 Signal Regt
- 5 Signal Regt
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| Reserve |
6 Signal Regt
7 Signal Group
11 Field Postal Unit
- 71 Signals Unit
- 84 Signal Unit
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| Disbanded or Amalgamated Units |
SADF Commands | |
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| SADF Corps | |
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| SADF Brigades | |
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| SADF Regiments and Battalions | |
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| SADF Homeland Battalions | |
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| SADF Military Areas | |
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| SADF Commando System | |
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| SADF State Presidents Guard | |
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| SADF Mobilisation Units |
14 Reception Depot
15 Reception Depot
16 Reception Depot
17 Reception Depot
19 Reception Depot |
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1 BDF Infantry Battalion
2 BDF Infantry Battalion
BDF Parachute Battalion
BDF Military School
BDF Special Forces
1 BDF Military Area
2 BDF Military Area
3 BDF Military Area
BDF Signals Unit
BDF Bafokeng base
BDF Mankwe base
BDF Odi base
BDF Thaba'Nchu base
BDF Taung base
BDF Air Wing |
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VDF Headquarters Sibasa
1 VDF Battalion Manenu
2 VDF Battalion Maunavhathu
VDF Vuwani Military Base
VDF Signals Unit
VDF Air Wing |
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1 CDF Battalion
CDF Special Forces |
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1 TDF Battalion
TDF Special Forces
TDF Mounted Battalion |
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