Service Details
Name:
 MCHUNU
Given Name:
 WISEMAN SIFISO
Initials:
 W S
Service No:
 95246336PV
Rank:
 Able Seaman
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Regiment:
 South African Navy
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Unit:
 SAS East London
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Date of Death:
 2000-09-19
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Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Committed suicide. One of the more unsavoury incidents in the recent South African Navy History occurred aboard SAS East London while she was alongside in Naval Base Simonstown. At 01h15 in the morning, Able Seaman Wiseman Sifiso MCHUNU a member of the Ships Company allegedly walked into the cabin of Sub-Lieutenant John Fred CLARKSON who was asleep at the time and fired two shots, hitting CLARKSON in the head and killing him instantly. Able Seaman MCHUNU then turned the gun on himself. Suffering from a Self-inflicted Gunshot wound to the head, the critically injured MCHUNU was admitted to 2 Military Hospital in Wynberg where he died shortly before 08h00 the same morning. A board of Enquiry was convened to fully investigate the incident but the findings and recommendations by the Board are unknown
Additional
Information:
ref. 85 years of SAAF
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:
 Alternative Commemoration until grave found

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