Service Details
Name:
 WESSELS
Given Name:
 JOHN ANDREW
Initials:
 J A
Service No:
 80023898PP
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 44 Parachute Regiment
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Date of Death:
 1982-08-18
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Date of Birth:
 1958-02-22
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, 40 miles inside Matabeleland during Operation Drama, a clandestine mission into Zimbabwe.
Additional
Information:
According to news reports at the time, the bodies "were disposed of" by the Zimbabwean Government as the relatives did not claim them.
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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