Col Maarten Schalekamp was an officer in the South African Army from the artillery.
Military career
He joined the South African Defence Force and graduated from the South African Military Academy in 1976 with a Bachelor's degree awarded by Stellenbosch University. He saw action during the Border War in the Angolan theatre of operations with 61 Mechanised Battalion Group, 14 Field Regiment and 4 Artillery Regiment. He served as at 4 Artillery Regiment, at the School of Artillery, OC School of Artillery, OC HQ Group 30 and finally the last from 19961998. He retired from the SANDF in 1998.