16 Reception Depot

16 Reception Depot
	16 Reception Depot emblem
Country	South Africa
Allegiance	Republic of South Africa; Republic of South Africa;
Branch	South Africa Army; South Africa Army;
Type	Mobilisation Depot
Part of	South African Personnel Service Corps

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]

SADF era and the Bush War[]

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

SANDF era[]

By the early 2000s, Commands were no longer responsible for individual recruitment, making Reception Depots essentially redundant.^[2]

Insignia[]

References[]

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[1] "SADF.info". http://sadf.info/UnitArmyPersonnelGeneral.html.

[2] ttp://uir.unisa.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10500/21062/Transformational%20leadership%20in%20the%20SANDF.pdf?sequence=1

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