Service Details
Name:
BROOKS
Given Name:
DONALD
Initials:
D
Service No:
77339554BG
Rank:
Corporal
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Regiment:
South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
3 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
1981-01-20
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Date of Birth:
1961-03-11
Age:
19
Cause of Death:
On 4th December 1980 his company was based at Ondongwa. With only a few days left to serve, two sections of Donald's platoon were ordered to escort one or two buses filled with PF`s and Contractor's kids on school holiday from the states. They picked the buses up from the airbase at Ondag`s escorting them to Oshikati. On the return trip the 2 Buffels were ambushed by a large group of terrorists. A RPG hit the roll bar above Donald's head, fatally wounding him. The 2nd buffel took a RPG through the side killing two other soldiers. Everybody on Donald's buffel was wounded. The drivers (who were never decorated for their bravery) got both of those buffels out the kill zone with tyres blown out and wounded. Donald's buffel was driven to the airbase and the 2nd buffel to the base in the town. He was from Johannesburg area and believed to be an only child.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. W. Brooks, of Benoni.
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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