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1 About BoonDock  



1.1  Who am I  



1.1.1  Service  





1.1.2  Awards  





1.1.3  Wikipedia Contributions  







1.2  Medal Categories  



1.2.1  Civilian life  







1.3  Templates created  



1.3.1  MilAwards  



1.3.1.1  Test  







1.3.2  Major Jack De Valance Greeff (SA Army Retired)  







1.4  Wiki Awards  



1.4.1  Award of WikiChevrons  





1.4.2  The South African Barnstar of National Merit  


















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BoonDock
— Wikipedian  —
Name
John
Born (1966-11-13) November 13, 1966 (age 57)
Current locationPedasí, Los Santos, Panama
Family and friends
Marital statusMarried
Interests

Userboxes
This user's time zone is GMT-5 .
This user is a participant in
WikiProject Orders, decorations, and medals.
This user is a proud resident native citizen of South Africa.
This user is a
White South African.
This user lives in Durban.
This user comes from
South Africa.
This user lives in Panamá.
This user has created a global account.
This user tries to do the right thing. If he makes a mistake, please let him know.
This user assumes good faith.
This user has been on Wikipedia for 18 years, 10 months and 19 days.
This user has been awarded the Pro Patria Medal (South Africa).
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  • About BoonDock[edit]

    Who am I[edit]

    Service[edit]

    Awards[edit]

    Postnominals: RD

    I have been awarded:

    Proficiency badges
    Badge for Reserve Voluntary Service
    (Service Award)
    Five Years Voluntary Service
    Black on Thatch beige, Embossed
    1st Class Shot – Rifle
    (Proficiency)
    1st Class Marksman
    Black on Thatch beige, Embossed
    Black (Black rifle), with a black rectangle surrounding the rifle
    Demolitions
    (Qualification)
    Level 1 (DEMS1)
    Black on Thatch beige, Embossed
    The badge uses the traditional 9 flames exploding grenade which is superimposed over one lightning bolt diagonally (top right to bottom left) across the exploding grenade


    I have been cited for, but not yet awarded:

    with Tshumelo Ikatelaho (General Service Medal) ' Tshumelo Ikatelaho (General Service Medal) (Humanitarian Aid clasp) and either the Tshumelo Ikatelaho (General Service Medal) ' Tshumelo Ikatelaho (General Service Medal) (Peace Support clasp) or a possible new clasp Tshumelo Ikatelaho (General Service Medal) ' Tshumelo Ikatelaho (General Service Medal) (Force Intervention Brigade clasp)

    Wikipedia Contributions[edit]

    Backlog status (Purge)
    Category Pages Current status
    Pages with broken reference names 1160  Not done
    Pages with duplicate reference names 31  No backlog
    Pages with incorrect ref formatting 74  No backlog
    Pages with missing references list 23  No backlog
    Total 1288

    Medal Categories[edit]

      Medal Recipients
    Medal Categories (Purge)
    Category Pages Current status
    Obsolete Medal Display 0  Done
    Recipients of the Pro Patria Medal (South Africa) 93
    Recipient of the Order of the Star of South Africa 57
    Recipients of the Southern Cross Decoration 61
    Recipients of the South African Police Star for Outstanding Service 12
    Recipients of the Southern Cross Medal 127
    Recipients of the Military Merit Medal (South Africa) 110
    Recipient of the Order of the Cloud and Banner 26
    Recipients of the iPhrothiya Medals 11
    Recipients of the Operational Medal for Southern Africa 30
    Recipients of the MK South Africa Service Medal 30
    Total 211

    Civilian life[edit]

    I used to own and run a small publishing company. Now I do private security and consulting.

    Templates created[edit]

    MilAwards[edit]

    I wrote a Lua module called {{Module:MilAward}} which holds all the data I can find for medals in {{Module:MilAward/data}}. This module impliments a variety of functions which draw the data from that stored in {{Module:MilAward/data}} to present it in different ways. I have created the following templates to present that data:

    To be created:

    As I go, I will also add extra features:

    Test[edit]

    National Order of the Southern Cross ' National Order of the Southern Cross (Grand Cross) [a]

    Major Jack De Valance Greeff (SA Army Retired)[edit]


    Proficiency badges
    SA Special Forces Operator's Badge
    (Qualification)
    Gold, 10 Years
    Black on Thatch beige, Embossed
    Dagger enclosed with a laurel wreath. Exclusion to indicate diamond on Dagger blade.
    Free Fall Paratrooper
    (Qualification)
    Advanced, Freefall
    Black on Thatch beige
    Small Black wings
    Sniper
    (Qualification)
    Black on Thatch beige, Embossed
    Black rifle and laurel wreath
    1st Class Shot – Rifle
    (Proficiency)
    1st Class Marksman
    Black on Thatch beige, Embossed
    Black (Black rifle), with a black rectangle surrounding the rifle
    Assistant Physical Training Instructor
    (Qualification)
    Assistant PTI
    Black on Thatch beige, Embossed
    Crossed sabres
    1. ^ Portuguese: Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul – Grã-Cruz
  • ^ Only the Cunene clasp was awarded, to members who served in Angola during Operation Savannah in 1975 and 1976. Recipients of the clasp wear a button, with the letter C encircled by a wreath, on the ribbon bar.
  • Wiki Awards[edit]

    Award of WikiChevrons[edit]

    The WikiChevrons
    This is in recognition of your creation of Durban Regiment and 19 Field Engineer Regiment (as well as your much more ambitious SA project off-wiki!!) Keep it up! Great work!! Buckshot06 (talk) 08:15, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

    The South African Barnstar of National Merit[edit]

    The South African Barnstar of National Merit
    Awarded to BoonDock for his hard work in creating and contributing to SANDF related articles. Well Done and Thanks! Gbawden (talk) 06:49, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

    Seconded. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 13:35, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

    Category:South African military officers


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