Service Details
Name:
 CARREIRA
Given Name:
 JOSE MIGUEL RODRIGUES
Initials:
 J M R
Service No:
 82650490SCE
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South West African Territory Force
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Unit:
 1 SWA Engineer Regiment
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Unit 2:
 attd. to 102 Bn
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Date of Death:
 1987-01-22
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Date of Birth:
 1966-09-06
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, escorting Kwevoel trucks , they stopped for the trucks to catch up, they were unbuckled. When the Buffel rolled forward, it detonated a double boosted TMA Cheese mine. Three men, Carreira , Barnard and Seibib were thrown out the vehicle by the explosion, the vehicle came down and landed on them
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. N. Carreira, of Windhoek. Attended Centaurus High School in Windhoek. ***Note his headstone states 22 February 1987 but another record has him as 27 January 1987
Commemoration
Country:
 Namibia
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Cemetery:
 WINDHOEK (PIONEER PARK) GAMMAMS CEMETERY
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