WWII: Dan Pienaar gains distinction in an attack on the Italian outpost of El Wak and is awarded the Distinguished Service Orde

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01Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 8, p. 553.

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South African History Online. (2011, December 9). WWII: Dan Pienaar gains distinction in an attack on the Italian outpost of El Wak and is awarded the Distinguished Service Orde. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071032

South African History Online (2011) 'WWII: Dan Pienaar gains distinction in an attack on the Italian outpost of El Wak and is awarded the Distinguished Service Orde', South African History Online, 9 December. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071032 (Accessed: 26 September 2026).

South African History Online, WWII: Dan Pienaar gains distinction in an attack on the Italian outpost of El Wak and is awarded the Distinguished Service Orde [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071032, (accessed 26 September 2026).

"WWII: Dan Pienaar gains distinction in an attack on the Italian outpost of El Wak and is awarded the Distinguished Service Orde." South African History Online, 9 Dec. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071032. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "WWII: Dan Pienaar gains distinction in an attack on the Italian outpost of El Wak and is awarded the Distinguished Service Orde." South African History Online. December 9, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071032.