Service Details
Name:
 MANGANHES
Given Name:
 TEIXEIRA
Initials:
 T
Service No:
 76927409SP
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South West African Territory Force
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Unit:
 32 (Buffalo) Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1983-12-27
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Date of Birth:
 1952-02-21
Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Aerospatiable SA330C/H/L Puma #155, struck trees, crashed and burnt out. Burnt to death when helicopter crashed (Operation Askari)
Additional
Information:
Husband of R. K. Kalipa. ref. 85 Years of the SAAF lists 1 unknown passenger as having died and ref. "Die Buffel Struikel" by L. J. Bothma lists 2 unknown 32 Bn members as having died.
Commemoration
Country:
 Namibia
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Locality:
 Caprivi
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Cemetery:
 KIMBO CEMETERY, BUFFALO
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Grave Reference:
 NEW SEC 9

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