Service Details
Name:
 VON SCHMETTAU
Given Name:
 UDO KNUD
Initials:
 U K
Service No:
 72304769BA
Rank:
 Sapper
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Regiment:
 South African Corps of Engineers
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Unit:
 2 Field Engineer Regiment
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Date of Death:
 1975-12-10
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Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during Op Savannah. His vehicle, in which he was transporting a wounded soldier, was hit by a mortar, killing him instantly. This was near Cela, in the Huambo Province, Angola.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. E. F. E. von Schmettau, of Walvis Bay, South West Africa
Commemoration
Country:
 Namibia
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Cemetery:
 WALVIS BAY CEMETERY
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