Service Details
Name:
 FOURIE
Given Name:
 JOHAN CAREL (KALLIE)
Initials:
 J C
Service No:
 78487702BT
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 Regiment Groot Karoo
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Unit 2:
 attd. 61 Mechanised Battalion Group
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Date of Death:
 1983-12-31
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Date of Birth:
 1962-09-30
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, near Cuvelai in Southern Angola during Ops Askari when their Ratel 20 was engaged by a Soviet 23mm ZU-23-2 Anti-Aircraft being utilised in the ground defence role. Exited the vehicle after the Ratel was knocked out and took cover behind a large tree but a 23mm armour piercing incendiary projectile sliced right through the tree, hitting him in the neck area and killing him instantly
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. G. Fourie
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 BELLVILLE (STIKLAND) CEMETERY
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