U - Uniform

Ulyate, George - Upper Hutt, New Zealand
Force Number: 6174 - Constable
Attestation Date: 1960 - Squad: 4/60
Date of Discharge: 1964
E-mail:
Telephone: (04) 970 6110
First joined 1959 (Cadet Squad 1/59)Served Rhodesville, Highlands ? and Salisbury Central CIB(with Dave Blacker). Recruit Squad 4/60 and then Umtali Urban till 64. Married and moved to NZ. Joined NZP and served 1964 to 1998. Now happily retired.
 

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van der Merwe, Hendrik   - Harare, Zimbabwe
Force Number : 9840
Date of Attestation : December 1976
Date of Discharge : 1980
E-Mail:
Telephone 04 693087
Umvukwes uniform branch for a short time. SIS Hurricane, GC Mukumbura, swan lake, Masambura. Would like anyone who remembers me to get in touch.

van der Vlugt, Hubertus Hendrikus "Bert" - Den Haag, Netherlands
Force Number: 8559
Attestation Date: 5 January 1971 - Squad: 2/71 - Inspector - RGSM; ZIM.
Date of Discharge: 30 April 1981
E-Mail:
Telephone: +31630983850
On completion of depot, served in the black south, Harari, Matapi, Southerton,Waterfalls, Sby Park and Machipisa. Did 5 years in GC at Matapi. Also served with SU and on leaving lectured Law and Polce at Morris Depot. Would like to hear from old buddies.
29 September 2007

van Eeden, Frederik Jacobus - Cape Town, South Africa
Force Number: 6248
Attestation Date: 2 January 1961 - Inspector PLSM; RGSM
Date of Discharge: 3 August 1981
Branch Membership: Western Cape
E-Mail:
Telephone: 0215585746
29 September 2007

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van Niekerk, Jac - Johannesburg, South Africa
Force Number: 6593 - Section Officer - RGSM
Date of Attestation: 9 February 1962 - Squad: 2/62
Date of Discharge: November 1972
Membership: Transvaal
E-Mail:
Telephone: 011 8024800 - Fax: 011 8024475
Resident Johannesburg 22 years. Divorced 12 years. 3 children. Engaged June Norman (Rhodesian swimming champ) Self employed Insurance Loss Adjuster 32 years.

van Rooyen (nee Clarke), Pauline   - Margate, South Africa
Force Number: WP169 - W/Section Officer - RGSM, ZIM
Date of Attestation: 21 January 1972 - Squad: WP 1/72
Discharge: 31 January 1980
Membership: Durban
E-Mail:
Telephone: +27 79 497 9425
Feel Free to contact me. Girls, eat your heart out - I work with Mike Lambourne!

Van  Zyl, Frederick  Peter  (Stompie) - Bushey, UK
Force Number: 8747 - Inspector - RGSM ,ZIM
Attestation Date: 25 January 1972 - Squad:  1/72
Date of Discharge: 24 September 1981
E-Mail:
Telephone: 02089506472

Varkevisser, Dan - Kempton Park, Johannesburg, South Africa
Force Number: 7177 - S/Patrol Officer – RGSM; ZIM
Attestation: 18 October 1964- Squad: 7/64
Discharge: 31 January 1968
E-Mail:
Telephone: 0828941435; Fax: 0866126117
Join as a cadet C298, March 1963 at Gwelo under Ian Bell tested 18/10/64 as a regular 7177 station Salisbury Central,CPU,Hatfield and Fort Victoria then joined 'A' Reserve 16749E till March 1984, serving Hatfield,Southerton and Salisbury Park then left for RSA.
13 January 2008

Vaughan, Alun  - Sydney, Australia
Force Number : 5781
Date of Attestation : 12 December 1957 - Squad: 11/1957
Date of Discharge : 24 December 1962
Membership - Australia
E-Mail:
Telephone +61 2 4385 7672
Attested as Alun Williams in squad 11/57, which became the Mounted Squad of '58. From Depot to Mount Darwin under Sgt. Jack Reeves and Const Brian Parnaby. Posted to Salisbury in '60 and served in the Enquiry Section, CID, Traffic and License Inspector i/c Sex 'n Drugs. Continued to play rugby for the Force until early '70s. Joined the Rhodesia Herald in '63 as a reporter, later RTV's news section and lastly in Rhodesia working for the Rhodesia Party's failed attempt to oust Ian Smith. Then seven years in Cape Town and Johannesburg, four in London until settled happily in Sydney in '86.

Venters, Ian  - London, UK
Force Number: 9962 - Patrol Officer
Date of Attestation: February 1977 - Squad: 4/1977
Date of Discharge: February 1980
E-Mail:
Joined squad 4/77 and was initially posted to Buhera, (Chiuri post) for my first year, and then to Inyazura (Ground Coverage) for the remainder of my time. On leaving I went to University in Cape Town to study accountancy and now live in the UK.

Ventouris, Tom - Boksburg, South Africa
Force Number: 111004 - D/Patrol Officer - RGSM, ZIM
Date of Attestation: 12 November 1979 - Squad: 12/79
Date of Discharge: 31 August 1983
E-Mail:
I joined as Cadet at Mabelreign 1979. Posted to Bindura after Morris Depot then to CID Fraud Bulawayo

Vieira, Jose' 'Joss' - Canberra, Australia
Force Number: 9908 - D/Patrol Officer - RGSM, ZIM
Attestation Date: 25 January 1977 - Squad: 2/77
Date of Discharge: 17 February 1981
E-Mail:
Telephone: 02-62531768

Vivian, Bruce - Durban, South Africa
Force Number: 6186 - Sergeant
Attestation: 17 July 1960 - Squad: 5/60
Discharge: 30 September 1962
E-Mail:
Telephone: 27317670832
I consider the time I spent in the BSAP as the best time of my life.  Joined July '60 and on passing out transferred to the armoury where I was in the company of Don Hollingsworth. Shot for the Police in the 1961 forces shoot in Bulawayo and '61 Pistol shoot against the South African Police. Left in 1962 to join the RRAF as a pilot trainee. Left the RRAF at the end of '63 at the breakup of the Federation and travelled to Durban. Here ever since. Now run an engineering shop supplying components to the steel industry. Would love to here from anyone who remembers me.
20 October 2007

Von Broembsen, Dennis   - Johannesburg, South Africa
Force Number: 10111 - D/Patrol Officer - RGSM
Date of Attestation: 1 July 1977 - Squad: 8/1977
Date of Discharge: 30 June 1980
Membership: Transvaal
E-Mail:
Telephone: +27 11 397 7373, Fax: +27 11 397 7404
 

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W - Whiskey

Wainwright, Keith - Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England
Force Number : 901349
Date of Attestation : 1 October 1975
Date of Discharge : July 1982
Membership - United Kingdom
E-Mail:
Joined as NSPO 901349. Joined full time 12 months later as 9762 serving in Belingwe and Gwelo left 30 September 78. Re-Attested July 79 served at Avondale,Marandellas and PGHQ No.1 Finance Section leaving July 1982.

Wainwright, Paul - Johannesburg, South Africa
Force Number: C1100 - Section Officer – RGSM; ZIM
Attestation: 1 January 1978- Squad: 10/79
Discharge: 31 May 2002
E-Mail:
Later 110976. Stationed at Mabelreign, Avondale, Marandellas, Nyamapanda and Wedza. Last 3 months Acting QProv Mash(S).
13 January 2008

Walker, John "Butch" - Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Force Number: 7392/8189 - Section Officer - RGSM
Date of Attestation: 18 July 1965 - Squad: 7/1965
Date of Discharge: January 1972
E-Mail:
Telephone: 263-9 250686/67792
Fax: 263-9 67792
Comment: Joined in 1965 Squad 7/65. Stationed in Bulawayo West Comm. Mzilikazi. Left 1968 and then rejoined Jan 1969. Stationed CPU Bulawayo for awhile then to Queens Park and then onto Salisbury where I married Liz Smith ( WPO 100 )in 1971. Made up to SO and then left. Have been to Australia twice to live but settled here in 1979 and have been in Bulawayo ever since. Run a hunting camp in the Omay on Lake Kariba - good fishing. A few of the guys still live in Bulawayo.

Walker, Rick - Cape Town, South Africa
Regimental Number: 8101 - Section Officer
Date of Attestation: 1968
Date of Discharge: December 1978
Email:
Telephone: +27 21 917 2178
I worked at Salisbury Central and then joined Dog Section. Posted to Bulawayo. Subsequently worked at Western Commonage and Bulawayo Central. Last, and best, three years spent at Chiredzi.

Walters, Barry - Empangeni, South Africa
Regimental Number: C1105/11255 - Patrol Officer
Date of Attestation: 20 March 1978 - Squad: 7/1978
Date of Discharge: 20 March 1982
E-Mail:
Telephone: +27 35 7873970 - Fax: 35 7870848

Wall, Brian - Vancouver Island, Canada
Force Number : 5229
Date of Attestation : 4 April 1954
Date of Discharge : April 1982
Membership - United Kingdom
E-Mail:
Telephone (514) 390-6738 Fax: (450) 458-8834
Now Director, Security Service, International Air Transport Association (IATA), Montreal.

Walpole, Mike - Sydney, Australia
Force Number : 10372
Date of Attestation : January 1978
Date of Discharge : January 1980
E-Mail:
Stationed (for my sins presumably) in Salisbury Central - Traffic. Lived in Cranborne single quarters. Now teaching at University of New South Wales. Delighted to hear from old mates.

Walthew, Brian 
Force Number : 7851
Date of Attestation : 12 December 1967
Date of Discharge : April 1979
Membership - Britain
E-Mail:
Telephone 966-3-572-4100
Served in Mrewa,Nyamapanda,Wedza, Marandellas and Shamva. Joined CID and served mainly in Marandellas District. Have been in Saudi for the last twenty years, working as an Investigator with a large Oil Company..

Walton, F.J.S. (John) - Petaluma, California, USA
Force Number : 5040
Date of Attestation : 12 April 1953
Date of Discharge : 11 April 1956
Membership - Natal - Life time, United Kingdom
E-Mail:
Telephone 707-762-1011
Started training in Depot which was interrupted when we moved to Bulawayo to serve at the Rhodes Centenary Exhibition. Then back to depot to finish training. Served at Bulawayo Central, Mzilikazi and Western Commonage (when it was a one roomed hut to which I added a thatched overhang). My last six months were spent at Mzilikazi running the beer squad.

Ward, Brian  - Cape Town, South Africa
Force Number : C1084
Date of Attestation : 1978
Date of Discharge : 1980
Membership - Western Cape
E-Mail:
Joined as a cadet in Fort Victoria. Did not complete training at Morris depot due to medical reasons. Went back to Fort Vic and served as a reserve patrol officer on a permanent basis. Moved to Cape Town in 1981. Chief of Security at De Beers, Finsch mine in the Northern Cape. Believe it or not. I moved back to Harare in Januaqry 2004, working for Rio Tinto as Security Manager for their new diamond mine. Max. 4 years to get it up and running, then somewhere else with the company. Ask me about first hand news of the country. Living in Harare, waiting for family to come up soon. Life still good if you earn Forex! Still quite a few good Zimbo's here.

Ward, Dave - Vancouver, Canada
Force Number : 9260
Date of Attestation : 28 October 1974 - Squad: 7/1974
Date of Discharge : 3 April 1980
E-Mail:
Would like to hear from any one who was in squad 7 or 8 of 1974 and any one else who knew me.

Waterman, Martin Geoffrey  - Faversham, UK  22 July 2003
Force Number: 7565 - Section Officer
Date of Attestation: 4 April 1966
Date of Discharge: 3 April 1969
E-Mail:
Signals Branch R.O. stationed Umatali/PGHQ/Gwelo. Played basketball for Gwelo Police. Moved to Australia. Moved to U.K., Trained as Agricultural Engineer. Back to Rhodesia. Instructor at Chibero College, Norton. Met Girl. Moved to U.K. Married. Gillian. 2 children. Various jobs.

Watermeyer, Peter John - Cape Town, South Africa 22 July 2003
Force Number: 6108 - Superintendent
Date of Attestation: 13 December 1959 - Squad: 12/1959
Date of Discharge: 30 June 1980
Membership: Western Cape
E-Mail:
Telephone: 021-7003832, Fax: 021-7003822
Run the admin. and security desk of a Cape Town based international High Risk Security Management call centre (Red24),owned by UK company Arc Risk Management Group PLC. Have on board ex BSAP Andy Matthews, Rob Traill Eric 'Jock' Birrell and Jim Blain.

Watson, Andrew - Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada
Force Number: 110855 - Section Officer - GSM, ZIM
Attestation Date: 7 March 1979 - Squad: 7/1979
Date of Discharge: 31 May 1982
E-mail:

Watson, Chunky  - Crowborough, UK 22 February 2003
Force Number: 6269 - Patrol Officer - RGSM
Date of Attestation: Jan 1961 - Squad: 1/1961
Date of Discharge: Oct 1969
Membership: UK
E-Mail:
Telephone: 01892-652440

Watson, Ian M - Carrying Place, Canada
Force Number : 7141
Date of Attestation : 11 August 1964
Date of Discharge : 31 August 1970
E-Mail:   
Telephone 613-394-2530 Fax 613-394-2599

Watson, John - Whangarei, New Zealand
Force Number: C899 / 9652 - Section Officer - RGSM ZIM
Attestation Date: 18 June 1976 - Squad: 4/76
Date of Discharge: 9 May 1980
E-Mail:
Telephone: 006494362693
I started as a Cadet in Jan '76 stationed at Que Que Urban until posted to Morris Depot. Then Southerton, Salisbury Central Traffic Investigations, Salisbury Traffic Car Thefts, Bravo Squad Riot Standby 79/80, & Salisbury PATU
Updated 9 November 2008

Watters, Cynthia - UK   24 December 2002
Regimental Number: WP112 - W/Section Officer - GSM
Date of Attestation: 15 November 1965 - Squad: 1/1966
Date of Discharge: September 1972
E-Mail:

Watters, Richard - Sydney, Australia
Force Number: 4845 - Constable
Attestation Date: 28 January 1952 - Squad: 1/52
Date of Discharge: 14 August 1957
Association Branch Membership: Australia
E-mail:
Telephone: 02 9489 0184 - Fax: 02 9487 7274
Arrived in Australia 1958, en route to South America. Instead went to uni took B.COMM (NSW) and stayed. First wife patricia(1961). Manager research & statistic (Sydney Stock Exchange) during 1970s share boom. Later share registrar (CSR). Now independent share market trader. 2nd wife (needed the lobola) Robyn(1983) (practising eye surgeon) one girl, two boys, guy at uni, Fraser in final year at Knox, playing in the 1st rugby 15. Charlotte(1st marriage) Lumleys (hedge fund) London.

Waugh, Duncan - Johannesburg, South Africa 17 January 2003
Force Number: 9790 - Patrol Officer
Date of Attestation: 13 February 1976 - Squad: 9/76
Discharge: 31 October 1979
Membership: Transvaal
E-Mail:
Telephone: 011 4320374 - Fax: 011 432 0261
Spent three years in the Zimbabwe National Army in the Special Investigations Branch. Resigned my Commission as 2 i/c SIB Zim in 1983. I have been running my own Loss Adjusting firm in Johannesburg for the past 17 years.

Way, Biff - Centurion, South Africa
Force Number : 5625
Date of Attestation : 4 January 1957 - Squad: 1/1957
Date of Discharge : 31 March 1977
Membership - Gauteng, South Africa/Regimental Assoc. life member
E-Mail:
Telephone +27 12 6642037
Attested with squad 1/57 members - served in Gwelo, Fort Vic, Enkeldoorn, Que Que, Fort Vic Rural and Chibi before transferring to C.I.D. Bulawayo. Served in most departments in the C.I.D. Left the force and worked initially as a Tobacco Auctioneer for T.A. a nd then transferred into the motor trade - was Manager of Cairns Borrowdale before emergrating to South Africa where I worked for the Tongaat Hulett group, S.A. Breweries, Afrox and currently for Nabisco S.A. (Pty) Limited, where I have been the National Security Manager for the past six years.

Weatherall, Gary David - Stockton, United Kingdom
Force Number: 10054 - Patrol Officer - RGSM
Attestation Date: 1977
Date of Discharge: 1979
E-mail:
Telephone: 01642 618839
Ex Churchill and Jameson also ex Sby Patu.any mates around from our patu in Repulse. Also played Nuffield cricket for 3 years. Ant teammates around ? Would like news from you all.

Weatherall, Sydney - Stockton on Tees, United Kingdom
Force Number: 8304 - Superintendent
Attestation Date: August 1969
Date of Discharge: May 1982
E-mail:
Telephone: 01642 618839
Remember the old days at Gatooma with fond memories of the Run em Inn. I have been in six differing armies but the BSAP is / was the finest of all.

Webb, Alastair - Kempton Park, South Africa
Force Number : 5807
Date of Attestation : 5 February 1958
Date of Discharge : 19 August 1978
Membership - Gauteng
E-Mail:
Telephone (011)973-3024
Medical Illustrator at Wits Medical School.

Webb, Robin - Perth, Western Australia
Force Number : (?)
Date of Attestation : 1975 (?)
Date of Discharge : 1976
E-Mail:
'B' Force minion (Squad Leader)

Webster, Cliff - Dubai, UAE
Force Number: C262 & 6948 - S/Patrol Officer - RGSM, MLM(Mil), ZIM Attestation Date: 9 May, 1963 - Squad: 6/63
Date of Discharge: 30 June, 1966
Branch Membership: Transvaal
E-Mail:
Fax: 0097143167224
Total four and a half years in BSAP. Later joined Rhod. Army and studied Medicine. Served as Regimental Medical Officer of RLI for years 1977 to 1980. Joined Anglo American/De Beers and served in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia until Jan., 2000. Currently Head of Emirates Airline Medical Services.

Wentzel, Rick  - London, UK
Force Number: 8194 - D/Inspector
Date of Attestation: 3 March 1969 - Squad: 02/69
Date of Discharge: 30 June 1982
Membership: Natal
E-Mail:
Telephone: mobile 07733076699
Ex Mzilikazi, Bulawayo Central Information Room, CID Western Commonage, Fraud Section, CID Bulawayo

Wernberg, Stewart - Stutterheim, South Africa
Force Number: 901265 - Patrol Officer - RGSM
Attestation Date: 1 July 1975 - Squad:  5/75
Date of Discharge: 30 April 1977
E-Mail:
Telephone: +27 43 683 2450, Fax: +27 43 683 2450
Joined as a NSPO (still want to find the author of that article in Outpost who caused us so much grief by referring to the "wonder squad".  Served 2+ years in Matabeleland (Gwanda District)under John Tedford (OIC) and Chris Carver (DISPOL).  Would love to make coms with anyone from the old family.  Probably best years of my life.

Werner, Michael D - Lubbock, USA
Force Number: 6344 - Superintendent - RGSM, PLSM, ZIM & ZLSM
Attestation Date: 20th March 1961 - Squad:  5/61
Date of Discharge: 31st May 1984
Branch Membership: United Kingdom
E-Mail:
Telephone: 806-797-4974
Attested in the British South Africa Police from the United Kingdom. Then Served in Salisbury: Charge Office; Traffic Branch Salisbury; transfered to S.O. (T & T) at PGHQ, whilst still in Traffic Branch. Interbranch transfer Traffic Branch/Staff Administration at PGHQ. (Personnel) various postings in Admin, including Personnel, Finance, Depot Canteens, Salisbury Prov, CIDHQ C/Clerk, Buyer Ordnance, OIC Ordnance Store, Staff Officer (Ordnance) and Staff Officer (Buildings) at SSO (Q). Finally retired as Staff Officer (Buildings) with the rank of Superintendent/Acting Chief Supt. Subsequently employed in Lubbock, Texas USA for approx 12 years in Insurance Investigations by ISOT Inc as Lubbock Branch Manager. Then,9+ years as Owner, President & CEO of BSAP Consultant Services (Insurance Investigations and covert surveillance for selected companies, (by referal only); PO Box 65429 Lubbock, Tx 79464-5429. Spouse: Jacoba "Coby" Werner (nee Lotten) who ran Ormonde Freight Brokers, Airport Office in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe, currently Manager of a  storage complex (Knotts Mini Storage) in Lubbock, Texas.

West, Robert J - Calgary, Canada  22 February 2003
Force Number: 8634 - D/Section Officer - RGSM
Date of Attestation: 27 April 1971 - Squad: 5/71
Date of Discharge: 30 JUNE 1976
E-Mail:
Telephone: 403 277.1888
No doupt, Rho. was the GREATEST. Served, Salsbury Central, B-Cars, CID, PATU, Mt Darwin Bush Area, S.B., Salsbury , Mt Darwin, Rashinga, Mazoe, Karoi & many other areas. Would b great to hear from any ex members. I just retired from the Calgary Police Force after 25 years, Now doing what ever I Feel Like......

Westland, Gordon "Bimbo" - Harare, Zimbabwe
Force Number: 9885 - Section Officer - RGSM, ZIM
Attestation Date: 25 January 1977 - Squad: 1/77
Date of Discharge: 1981
E-mail:
Equitation squad, West Comm, CPU West Nguboyenja, BUEU, PGHQ-The Outpost

West-Lewis, Ian "Charlie" - Laredo, Texas, USA
Force Number : 901350 (NSPO)
Date of Attestation : 1 January 1975
Date of Discharge : 28 April 1977
E-mail: Redundant - Update Here
Grew up and schooled is Salisbury. Loved my time in the BSAP and could have made it a career choice if not for obvious reasons. Stationed in Bindura from depot, and then Shamva. Last part spent in SIS under Rob Parker in Mtoko and Mrewa and anywhere that would have us - they were the wildest of times! Love to know what happened to everybody. Hi to anyone I know, and also to those I don't. Now you know where Luke Skywalker got the line 'May the Force be with you'.

Weston (Nee Riddle), Fiona - Auckland, New Zealand
Force Number: WP427 - W/Section Officer
Attestation Date: November 1977 - Squad: 4/77
Date of Discharge: June 1981
E-mail:
Stationed at Bulawayo Central, Licence Inspectorate and Mzilikazi.

Wheeler, Graham  - Walton-On-Thames, UK 
Force Number: 901671/10046 - Section Officer - RGSM, ZIM
Date of Attestation: 1 January 1976 - Squad: 6/76
Date of Discharge: 18 March 1981
E-Mail:
Telephone: 01932245793
Other members of my family "ex members" Ray Wheeler (Matabeleland) Steve Wheeler (Dog Section)

Wheeler, Ian - Hull, UK
Force Number: 8717 - D/Section Officer - RGSM; ZIM
Attestation Date: 29.12.1971 - Squad: 9/71
Date of Discharge: 3/9/1982
Membership: United Kingdom
E-Mail:
Telephone: 01482 708332
Updated 9 November 2008

White, Fred - Comox, British Columbia, Canada
Force Number : 4090
Date of Attestation : 11 June 1946
Date of Discharge : 22 August 1952
Membership - United Kingdom
E:mail:

Whitechurch, Bevan   - Grange-over-Sands, UK
Force Number: 4629 - Constable
Date of Attestation: 18 May 1950 - Squad: 7/50
Discharge: 17 May 1953
Membership: UK
E-Mail:  
Telephone: 015395 32097 - Fax: 015395 32097
Nyasaland Police, Ass.Supt. (Special Branch) 1953-1960. FISB, Salisbury, 1961-1963.

Whiting (nee O Donnell), Shevaun - Harare, Zimbabwe
Force Number: WP228 - GSM
Attestation Date: 1 September 1973 - Squad: 3/73
Date of Discharge: June 1978
E-mail: mwhiting@zol.co.zw
Telephone: 0912307013

Whitney, Dave  - Adelaide, South Australia
Force Number : 5504
Date of Attestation : June 1956
Date of Discharge : June 1960
E-Mail:
Telephone (08) 82785327
Served only in Mashonaland mainly at Sipolilo

Whittaker, Colin - Perth, Western Australia
Force Number : 6211
Date of Attestation : 1960
Date of Discharge : 1967
E-Mail:
Telephone (08) 9498 0233 Fax (08) 9498 0244
I joined the BSAP as a cadet in 1959 serving at Avondale and PGHQ C160. Attested in 1960 served at Marlborough Information Room, Salisbury thereafter CID Salisbury, theft from cars and fraud squad before going into Special Branch. Moved to CID Gwelo about 1964 resigned from Force in 1967. Served with Henry Wolhuter, Dave Blacker, Dave Wright, Ted Starling, Jock McGuiness and loads of others. I would particularly like to hear from Bob Wishart who I believe was injured during the war or anyone who has knowledge of his contact details. I currently own a private investigations business in Perth, Western Australia having served 20 years with the Ministry of Justice Internals. Anyone who remembers me, call home.

Widdop, John - Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 8 December 2002
Force Number: 8061 - Section Officer
Date of Attestation: 30 August 1968 - Squad: 8/1968
Date of Discharge: 6 June 1982
E-mail:
Telephone: 0926311213372 - Fax: 092639288866
Joined the force as a cadet in December 1967 and was stationed at Wankie - went to depot in February 1968 and posted back to Wankie - attested as P/O in August 68, Stationed Salisbury Central, Machipisa with Dave Derby, then to Western Commonage, Bulawayo Central, Investigations, Charge Office, CPU and then Hillside until 1982. Now running my own company, selling pumps and electrical equipment to the mines and industry.

Wielopolski, L.K. "Willy"   - Johannesburg, South Africa
Force Number: 6764 - C/Inspector
Date of Attestation: 1 October 1962 - Squad: 11/1962
Date of Discharge: 5 May 1981
Membership: Transvaal
E-Mail:
Telephone: 011-782-8667
Most service in District and now run own P.I. business from home in Jbg.

Wilkin, William Ian - Durban, South Africa
Force Number: 8392 - D/Inspector
Attestation Date: January 1970 - Squad: 1/70
Date of Discharge: Aug 1982
Association Branch Membership: Durban
E-mail:
Telephone: 082-787-7656
Bulawayo, Gwelo, Salisbury and many points North. CID & SB.

Willard, Laing - Melton Mowbray, UK
Force Number: 9031 (C652) - S/Section Officer
Date of Attestation: April 1972 - Squad: 5/1973
Date of Discharge: January 1979
E-Mail:
Telephone: 01664 560449
Served as a cadet until basic training as a P/O in squad 5/73. Served in Salisbury Central Charge office, Harare Central, Southerton,and HQ before leaving to emigrate to the UK. Retrained as an electrician and now service large commercial laundry and drying equipment across the East Midlands.

Willcox, John Edmund - Jersey CI
Force Number: 5359 - C/Inspector – PLSM; RGSM
Attestation: 12 June 1955
Discharge: 31 May 1976
E-Mail:
Telephone: 01534 745160
I would welcome any news from anyone who remembers me!
20 October 2007

Williams, Sam - Perth, Australia
Force Number: 4780 - Superintendent
Attestation Date: 24 September 1951 - Squad: 10/51
Date of Discharge: 31 May 1973
Branch Membership: Australian Branch
E-Mail:
Telephone: 61-8-94480913

Williamson, Frederick - Calpe, Spain
Force Number: 7242 - Patrol Officer
Date of Attestation: January 1965
Date of Discharge: January 1968
Membership: United Kingdom
E-Mail:
Telephone: 0034 96 583 8550
Change of address - PD Olta Mar 1C, 03710 Calpe, Alicante, Spain

Willis, Ken - London , UK
Force Number : 9430
Date of Attestation : June 1975
Date of Discharge : June 1979
E-Mail:
I will have my own e-mail address shortly. I am working as an anaesthetic technician in a large London hospital.

Willoughby, John  - Harwich, UK
Force Number: 7050 - Inspector - RGSM
Date of Attestation: 8 January 1964 - Squad: 1/1964
Date of Discharge: April 1977
Membership: United Kingdom
E-Mail:
Telephone: 01255551419
Comment: Display Squad 1/64. Stationed Umvukwes, Bindura, Shamva, Chirundu, Sinoia, Western Commonage, CPU Bulawayo West. Moved to S. Africa 1977 and to the U.K. December 1998. Contact very welcome from ex members who served in Mazoe Valley or Lomagundi Districts 1964 - 1975 - particularly Jock Knoetze and John Worden.

Wills, Michael W. - Manama, Bahrain
Force Number: 5920 - Patrol Officer
Attestation Date: 1958 - Squad: 10/58
Date of Discharge: 1966
Association Branch Membership: UK
E-mail:
Telephone: 0097317582110 - Fax: 0097317582181
Thanks to the Outpost from United Kingdom recieved today I got the web site!

Wilson, Brian - Perth, Australia
Force Number: 9663 - C/Inspector - GSM
Attestation Date: 29 June 1976 - Squad: 6/76
Date of Discharge: 31 July 1984
Association Branch Membership: Australia
E-mail:  
Telephone: 08 9258 6710 - Fax: 08 9258 4974
Stationed at Borrowdale, Makumbi Mission Base, & Karoi Police Station.  I then passed the trade test and was posted to Armoury on the Hard Square, where I completed my apprenticeship as a Fitter inc. Machining. I am registered with the Institute of Incorporated Engineers in the UK

Wilson, Rod - Merseyside, UK 8 December 2002
Force Number: 4933 - Constable
Date of Attestation: 2 June 1952 - Squad: 7/1952
Date of Discharge: 1 June 1955
Membership: U.K. North West
E-mail:
Telephone: 0151 605 1333
Unfortunate enough to have first Posting to Inyati under Sam Weller with Nigel Argyle whom I next met in San Francisco in 2001. Then to Essexvale and Bulawayo with Ron Pilbrough and Ray Haines then finished at Mzilikazi with John Walton

Wiltshire, Mike  - Christchurch, UK
Force Number: 4857 - Superintendent - MLM
Date of Attestation : 11 February 1952
Date of Discharge : April 1970
Membership - UK
E-Mail:
Ex Bulawayo 1952-56 ; CID from 1954 ; Gatooma 57-60 ; Salisbury 60-63 ; Umtali 63-66 ; Salisbury 66-70.  Wife Celia. Retired December 2000. Living Christchurch Dorset. Sailing Leisure 20 yacht in summer in Solent. Cross-channel with Sailing Club. Daughter Margaret (Margie)settling in NZ (Christchurch) July 2002.  Daughter Sue in Sydney, OZ since March 2000.

Winter, Malcolm - Centurion, South Africa
Force Number: 7010 - C/Inspector - RGSM; ZIM
Attestation Date: 10th October 1963 - Squad: 10/63
Date of Discharge: 10th October 1980
E-Mail:
Telephone: 011 8696460 - Fax: 0866037519
After a 17 year career in the Insurance/Banking Industry in SA have now joined Pat Cunningham as his Manager and helping with the administration of the South African Fraud Prevention Service. We can also be found at www.safps.org.za Hoping to make contact with many old friends soon.

Winter, Piers - Ringmer, United Kingdom
Force Number: 8177 - Inspector - RGSM, ZIM
Attestation Date: 14 January 1969 - Squad: 1/69
Date of Discharge : 31 December 1980
Branch Membership: London United Kingdom
E-Mail:
Telephone: 02074565160 - Mob. 07733124038

Woan, Barry Robert Charles - Ramsgate, South Africa
Force Number: 8157 - C/Inspector – MLM; RGSM
Attestation: 26 December 1968- Squad: 11/68
Discharge: 13 May 1982
Membership: Durban - Natal
E-Mail:
Telephone: 0834430533
Served in Bulawayo,Mzilikazi,Donnington, sub aqua, PATU, Support Unit. Formally with Fidelity Guards now retired.
13 January 2008

Wood, Andrew - Saldanha Bay, South Africa
Force Number: 7955 - S/Patrol Officer
Attestation Date: 8 April 1968 - Squad: 4/68
Date of Discharge: 31 October 1973
Branch Membership: Capetown
E-mail:
Telephone: +22 7141678
Served in Bulawayo in various postings including Central, Hillside, Court Section which was a great place for doing nothing except riding around on motorbikes! Short stint in CID and ended off in Info Room. Now Mussel Farming for the past 17 years.

Wood, Nick - Hereford, UK
Force Number: 8992
Date of Attestation: 6 August 1972
Date of Discharge: 31 March1978
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Woods, Michael - Ormeau, Australia
Force Force Number: 7861 - Patrol Officer - RGSM
Attestation Date: 12th Dcember 1967 - Squad: 8
Date of Date of Discharge: 30th May 1973
Membership: Queensland
E-Mail:
Telephone: (07) 55467134
Stationed at Salisbury Central, Information Room, Inyanga and Bulawayo Traffic. The usual PATU stints in Mashonaland, Manicaland and Matabeleland. Also served 12 years in Northern Territory Police Force. Employed by P&O Transport Australia (Qld) as the OH&SE Manager for Queensland. Change of subject, always a cold beer on hand for those passing by!
Updated 9 November 2008

Woolnough, Raymond - Canberra, Australia
Force Number: C911/009874G - Section Officer
Attestation Date: 29 January 1976 - - Squad: 12/1976
Date of Date of Discharge: 26 April 1983
Branch Branch Membership: Queensland, Australia
E-mail:
Telephone: 02 6255 9796
It would be great to catch up with those who may still remember me.

Wootton, Martyn  - Durban, South Africa 6 September 2003
Force Number: 900236/9388 - Section Officer - RGSM, ZIM
Attestation Date: 18 October 1973
Discharge: 30 April 1980
E-mail:
Served in QueQue Central, Rural and SB, CID Gwelo, Shabani and Dorowa

Worrod, Alaric  - London, UK
Force Number: R22023 - Reserve Patrol Officer
Date of Attestation: 1974
Date of Discharge: 1977
E-mail:
Telephone: +44 20 8650 6477
I can't remember the exact dates of joining and leaving - All my records were stolen whilst living in Kenya some years later - I was in the A Reserve stationed out of Salisbury Central whilst in traffic and later stationed at Avondale.

Worton, Eryl - Johannesburg, South Africa
Force Number: 6185 - D/Section Officer - RGSM
Attestation Date: 17 July 1960 - Squad: 5/60
Date of Discharge: 17 July 1970
Association Branch Membership: Johannesburg
E-mail:

Wright, Brian - Bergville, South Africa
Force Number: 7692 - S/Patrol Officer - RGSM
Attestation Date: 10 January 1967 - Squad: 1/1967
Date of Discharge: 18 March 1971
Association Branch Membership: Natal Midlands+Transvaal
E-mail:
Telephone: 082-4136330 - Fax: 0866752440
After almost 40 years still consider the time spent in the BSAP the best days of my life. Equitation display squad 1967. Stationed Mzilikazi, Nkai, Tjolotjo and Bindura. Claim to fame - BSAP Bisley Champion in 1970. (No! - I did not beat Don Hollingsworth. He chickened out and went to shoot, as a private entry, in the Commonwealth Games in Bisley.)

Wright, David  - Johannesburg, South Africa
Force Number : 5666
Date of Attestation : 19 March 1957
Date of Discharge : 1 July 1978
Membership - Johannesburg
E-Mail:
Served Gwelo,Bulawayo,Vic Falls and Salisbury mainly CID and SB.

Wynn, Lawrence - Swindon, United Kingdom
Force Number: 5886
Attestation: 29 September 1958 - Squad: 8/58
Date of Discharge: 12 January 1963
Medals: GSM Malaya : Cyprus UN :GSM Northern Ireland
Membership: United Kingdom
E-Mail:
Telephone: 01793613345
British National Service 1955-57; BSAP 1958-63; Swaziland Police 1963-66; HMForces 1967-83; Property Management 1983-2004; Retired 2004

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Yoko, Michael   - Dubai, UAE
Force Number: 8816 - Section Officer - GSM
Date of Attestation: 18 May 1972 - Squad: 3/1972
Date of Discharge: 22 August 1980
Membership: United Kingdom
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Stationed at Umvuma, Gatooma, Que Que and Gwelo.

Young, Derek   - Perth, Australia
Force Number : 30664
Date of Attestation : 1978
Date of Discharge : 1981
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Telephone +61 8 9205 1719 Fax +61 8 9240 7177
Member of BSAP Reserve, usual stamping ground Ngundu, Triangle, BJB Ranch. Prior service in 1st Btn Royal Rhodesia Regiment (TF), intake 72, 1965. Left for Joburg 1981, then for Perth 1999. Anyone know where Gurth Jolley, Chris Hills, "Pally-boo" are these days?

Youngman, Paul - Perth, Australia
Force Number: 9572 - Patrol Officer
Attestation Date:2/76
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