Originally published in 1967, and now including a new foreword by mike hoare, congo mercenary is a wellwritten and historically important account of one of the most brutal rebellions in africa, as well as an accurate and gritty depiction of the mercenary life. Born in colombo, ceylon now sri lanka to british parents, tony hoare s father was a colonial civil servant and his mother was the daughter of a tea planter. This may have something to do with the fact that paladin press is a small publishing house, and so they may not have the resources to dedicate to making a betterquality reprint. The only differences i can see between the certificate logo which i know is accurate is the birds head on the certificate has a white blotch on its neck, and a smaller one at the end of its beak. Ive worked with mark for over 10 years and always found him very. The objective is to drive your worm around the tracks as fast as you can to win the race, but there are also other ways to win. Heres a video with my buddy harris g, a collector who lives near me in southern california. Mike hoare lived by the philosophy that you get more out of life by living dangerously, so it is all the more remarkable that he lived more than 100 years, he said. Professional mercenary mike hoare was born in india in 1920 to irish parents. Michael hoare melbourne, victoria, australia professional. Our areas of application applying professional software to the worlds toughest challenges in water. Thomas michael hoare 17 march 1919 2 february 2020, known as mad mike hoare, was a british mercenary leader and adventurer known for his military activities in africa and attempt to conduct a coup detat in the seychelles. He died at age 100 on february 2 mercenary mike hoare was a dynamo on the battlefield and a charmer off it.
Mad mike hoare, who led mercenaries in the congo in the early 1960s and the coup attempt in the seychelles 20 years later, turns 100 on sunday. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from mike deller at the discogs marketplace. In the 1960s his dad was an executive with ford international and athe family lived in south africa when harris was in what we yanks called junior high school. Linkedin is the worlds largest business network, helping professionals like michael hoare discover inside connections to recommended job candidates, industry experts, and business partners. Surrey website design by idealize360 surrey website design by idealize360. Join facebook to connect with mike hoare and others you may know. He then studied classics and philosophy greats at merton college, oxford. Mike klaarhamer owner business intelligence consultant. Mike hoefeijzers director commercial services daf trucks. Michael mad mike hoare, the worlds most famous mercenary, has died.
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His son chris wrote a laudatory biography, mad mike hoare. Join facebook to connect with mike hoke and others you may know. Patch from mad mike hoare s 5 commando posted in militaria of africa. He spent his early days in india and was educated in england, but his blood was irish.
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During world war 2 he served initially in the london irish rifles, became an expert in small arms, and then attended officer school. On july 11, 1960, with the support of belgian business interests and over 6000 belgian troops, the southeast province of katanga declared independence. Albert alfred hoare known as bert hoare 18741962, south australian politician. View mike hoare s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. He was a real mec, and a great officer, and most of the legionnaires admired him a lot, including myself.
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