Service Details
Name:
 HUMAN
Given Name:
 ANDRIES PETRUS
Initials:
 A P
Service No:
 65383390BT
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 3 Parachute Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1978-05-04
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Date of Death 2:
 1980-01-22
Date of Birth:
 1948-07-30
Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Missing in Action, Ops Reindeer, raid on Cassinga, the greatest airborne raid on the continent of Africa in history
Additional
Information:
Husband of Rachel Human and father of Eugenie Human. Went missing during the initial assault jump, declared dead on 22 January 1980. It is suspected he landed in the Culonga River and drowned, weighed down by his heavy equipment. ***Update 14 April 2018, the location of his remains may have been found. https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/the-lord-answered-my-prayers-family-of-sa-paratrooper-relieved-that-his-remains-are-coming-home-after-40-years-20180414
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:
 Body not recovered

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