61 MECHANISED BATTALION.
Omuthiya today


It has been many years since Ieft Omuthiya in body, but it has never left my dreams or my memory. I have always wanted to know what it looked like today and I was fortunate enough to obtain the following photographs from Ariel Hugo which were taken in 2009. A number of changes had been made to the base since I left in 1981 and I cannot document what these were, but maybe one day photographs will come along that will enable us to do a "before" and "after". The Commemorative Needle may have been moved from Omuthiya to Walvis Bay and subsequently to Lohatla where it was Photographed by John Dovey.



Omuthiya. (Google Earth Photograph)

61 Mech. Omuthiya.kmz

LWT Area

Remains of the mess built in 1982

B Company HQ

Commemorative Needle remains

Staff Recreation area 1983

Old mess and swimming pool

Photographs of Omuthiya as it is today courtesy of Ariel Hugo. Commemorative Needle photographs courtesy of John Dovey, Omuthiya from space: Google Earth. Created 23 July 2009.

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