Service Details
Name:
 HERBST
Given Name:
 RICHARD ANTHONY
Initials:
 R A
Service No:
 79574554BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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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:
 1981-09-29
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Date of Birth:
 1961-05-28
Age:
 20
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 Mr. and Mrs. M. J. H. Herbst, of 93 Atterbury Rd, Rosehill, Durban.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Kwazulu Natal
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Cemetery:
 DURBAN (STELLAWOOD) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Block M. Grave 312.

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