Service Details
Name:
 CLOETE
Given Name:
 LEON ALBERTUS
Initials:
 L A
Service No:
 86475936PS
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 19 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1996-04-02
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Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Aloutte III #631, crashed near Whiskey Creek, Long Tom Pass, in Mpumalanga
Additional
Information:
Son of Leon and Maizie Cloete of Sunridge Park; brother: Anton; sister Corliet Conradie. Capt. Cloete went to Hoerskool Framesby. After training at Dunotter and Langebaan, he chose Alouettes over the Oryx and went to Bloemspruit. He did pamphlet drops over Mozambiqe in the 1995 elections. While in school he represented Eastern Province in cross country races. Funeral service at NGK Kraggakamma.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Eastern Cape
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Cemetery:
 CREMATED
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Grave Reference:
 Cremated - Ashes at the Kragga Kamma NG Kerk Memorial Wall, Port Elizabeth

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