Clive Wilsworth was called up for national service in 1969 to the School of Artillery, Potchefstroom, and then posted to 4th Field Regiment as an assistant OP officer. After a six-year stint with the Natal Field Artillery and as a territorial captain with the Regiment Port Natal, he signed on as a regular with 14th Field Regiment, South African Artillery. From 1978 to 1988, as a battery commander and Intelligence Staff Officer, he saw action in several major operations during the Border War. He was involved in the development of new weapon systems, leading the first 127mm multiple-rocket launcher and G6 courses. His last posting was to Army HQ, Pretoria as Project Officer for the development of the Artillery Target Engagement System—the digitization of the artillery. He retired in 1994 with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Clive is now a business consultant living in Johannesburg.
"This book will interest former Gunners and military historians." -- Msasa Mail Sept 2010 "First in Last out ... The South African Artillery in Action 1975-1988 ... is a must-have. It is a lucid account of South African Army artillery operations during the Namibian/Angolan Border War and in doing so gives that war and the equipment, tactics and techniques employed a thorough treatment in much the same way as Brigadier General (Retd) Dick Lord did for the South African Air Force in his equally important "From Fledgling to Eagle" in 2008." -- Defence Web August 2010
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