In Memory Of

CONRADIE, FRANS WILLEM

Service Details
Age:
 30
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 W89802B
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET)
Regiment:
 South West African Police
Date of Death:
 1983-09-23
Cause of Death:
 Died of injuries, critically injured at approximately 18h00 when his vehicle overturned as it turned into the main street of Oshakati, opposite the Post Office. Warrant Officer Rob BROCKWAY sustained a broken leg while Frans Conradie suffered a crushed hip and pelvis. They were transported to the Sickbay at Sector 10 Headquarters before being casevaced by Puma Helicopter to the Base Army Surgical Hospital at AFB Ondangwa where Lieutenant CONRADIE was pronounced dead on arrival. Counter-insurgency duty in South West Africa. Member of Koevoet.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 RUSTENBURG (DONKERHOEK) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 North West Province
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
ref. "The Covert War" by Peter Stiff.