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Major General Jacobus Laubscher SM & Bar MMM
Nickname(s)	Koos
Born	1945 (age 79–80)
Allegiance	South Africa
Service / branch	South African Army
Years of service	1964–2005
Rank	Major General
Unit	4 Artillery Regiment
Commands	GOC Army Support Formation OC 7 Division Commandant Army College Director of Artillery OC School of Artillery OC 4 Artillery Regiment
Wars	South African Border War
Awards
Relations	Brig Gen Carel Laubscher MMM (younger brother)

Maj Gen Koos Laubscher SM & Bar MMM (Born 1945) was a General Officer in the South African Army from the artillery.

Military career

He joined the South African Defence Force in 1964. He was a graduate of the South African Military Academy and the prestigious South African Long Gunnery Course Number 3 as a top student during 1972 and was awarded the crossed-barrels status the same year. He passed the SA Army Senior Command and Staff Duties Course in 1975 and the Joint Staff Course at the Defence College during 1989. He saw action in Angola during Operation Savannah in 1975–76 and throughout the South African Border War including the operational debut of the G5 155mm towed gun/howitzer in the Angolan theatre of war during the eighties. Chief Instructor Gunnery at School of Artillery from 1975. He was an officer instructor at the South African Army College and the Army Battle School, OC 4 Artillery Regiment from 1981 to 1982, OC School of Artillery and later Director of Artillery from 1987 to 1991, Commandant of the Army College in 1993. He served as GOC 7 Division from 1996 to 1998. GOC Army Support Formation from 1999 to 2005. He retired from the SANDF in 2005.

Honours and awards

Medals

• Southern Cross Medal (1975) (SM & Bar)
• Military Merit Medal (MMM)
• Pro Patria Medal (South Africa) (with Cunene Clasp)
• Southern Africa Medal
• General Service Medal (South Africa)
• Unitas (Unity) Medal
• Medalje vir Troue Diens (Medal for Loyal Service) (40 Year Clasp)
• Good Service Medal (Gold (30 Years))
• Good Service Medal (Silver (20 Years))
• Good Service Medal (Bronze (10 Years))

Proficiency badges

Master Gunner: 30 Captain J.A. 'Koos' Laubscher Year: 1972 ←29: Major W. 'Willie' Wentzel Major Felix Marius 'Baksteen' Hurter :31→

General of the Gunners (Post) Black on Thatch beige, Embossed Crossed gun barrels with grenade

Paratrooper Basic (Qualification) Basic, Static Line Black on Thatch beige, Embossed Small Black wings

Notes

1. 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.
2. Post occupied when award was made: OI, School of Artillery

References

1. Anon. "School of Artillery". South African Gunner (PDF). p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

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