Service Details
Name:
EPAFU
Given Name:
PETRUS
Initials:
P
Service No:
85855245HV
Rank:
Rifleman
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Regiment:
South West African Territory Force
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Unit:
101 Battalion
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Date of Death:
1987-10-31
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Date of Birth:
1966-02-02
Age:
21
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at Nindango Angola, in Operation Firewood against Swapo when the Casspir he was in was knocked out by a PG-7 anti-tank rocket and burnt out. His body could not be recovered from the vehicle
Additional
Information:
Brother of Mrs. S. Thomas, of Onamulunga, South West Africa.
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:
Panel 15 - Body not recovered

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