Service Details
Name:
 MAFUTA
Given Name:
 SIKHUM(BUZO) ZETT
Initials:
 S Z
Service No:
 94783719PE
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 1 Parachute Battalion
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Unit 2:
 attd. 44 Parachute Brigade
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Date of Death:
 1998-09-22
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Date of Death 2:
 1998-09-23
Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in fierce close-quarter fighting during the Battle for Mokanyane Base in Lesotho at Khatsi Dam, during Ops Boleas
Additional
Information:
Next of kin given as Nozuko Mafuta. Of Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
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Grave Reference:
 Alternative Commemoration until grave found

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