Service Details
Name:
BARTIE
Given Name:
CECIL GEORGE
Initials:
C G
Service No:
70265772 BG
Trade:
Doctor
Rank:
Lieutenant
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Regiment:
South African Medical Health Service
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Date of Death:
1981-09-29
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Date of Birth:
1954-04-15
Age:
27
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Aerospatiale SA330L Puma C #174, crashed whilst bringing in casualties at night, at Oshakati after Operation Protea. It is said that Lamprecht was disorientated and guided the pilot incorrectly, thus the tail rotor caught in a barb-wire fence. Sgt Lamprecht (Flight Engineer), the co-pilot, Lt D O'Connor, several medics and a doctor as well as the casualty, tragically died. Only the pilot survived
Additional
Information:
Son of Cecil Oscar Bartie. Husband of Catheleen Victor Bartie, of Bloemfontein.
Commemoration
Country:
South Africa
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Locality:
Free State
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Cemetery:
BLOEMFONTEIN (SOUTHPARK) CEMETERY
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