[2] He served as Deputy Chief of the Army from 1 November 1987[1] In 1989 he was appointed to the Military Intelligence Division as the Chief of Staff Intelligence, a post he held until 1991.

[3]: Chp4  Badenhorst left the army at his own request retiring in early 1991 after 30 years of service.

[4] Badenhorst died on 10 November 2012 of pneumonia and heart failure at the George-Medi-clinic in George, Western Cape.

[2] He had outlived his wife Ina by less than a month and is survived by four children and eleven grandchildren.

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