Service Details
Name:
 HOUGH
Given Name:
 LEONARD PATRICK
Initials:
 L P
Service No:
 77375863BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 3 South African Infantry Battalion
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Unit 2:
 attd. 61 Mechanised Battalion Group
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Date of Death:
 1982-04-15
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Date of Birth:
 1961-05-11
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in contact with the enemy. Whilst on patrol the Lt sent out a section (1 Ratel) to follow a couple a tracks that the tracker had picked up. The Ratel hit an ambush just after 10am. By the time backup had formed up and went to their aid a group of soldiers had been killed.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Hough, of Pietermaritzburg.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Kwazulu Natal
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Cemetery:
 PIETERMARITZBURG (MOUNTAIN RISE) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Cremated at PMB on 23 Apr 1982. Ashes at Block G, 105 at the Mountain Rise Cemetery.

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