Service Details
Name:
 MBULI
Given Name:
 THULANI EMMANUAL
Initials:
 T E
Rank:
 Able Seaman
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Regiment:
 South African Navy
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Date of Death:
 2012-05-23
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Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Drowned, during anti-piracy operations in the Northern Mocambique Channel. He together with others had boarded a suspect Iranian Freighter, the "Dhow Hoane" for a routine search and inspection operation and while he was disembarking from the ship, he slipped off the ladder and fell into the sea. Despite a 36-hour search, no trace of his body was ever found. He was no known grave and remains unaccounted for.
Additional
Information:
No additional information known at this time
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:
 No known grave - Lost at sea

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