In Memory Of

BEECHEY, NEVILLE ROLAND

Service Details
Age:
19
Date of Birth:
1956-05-26
Service No:
72324213N
Rank:
Corporal
Unit:
1 Special Service Battalion
Regiment:
South African Armoured Corps
Date of Death:
1975-10-29
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, Beechcraft Baron. The plane, known as "Dinky Toy" was supplied by UNITA and had been checked out by SAAF personnel at Rundu. It was busy with aerial observations for Battlegroup Foxbat in the Silva Porta area of Angola when it crashed, 6km north of Norton de Matos. The SADF investigation team could not determine the exact cause of the crash
Commemoration
Cemetery:
eMALAHLENI (JOUBERTSRUS) CEMETERY
Localitly:
Mpumalanga
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. W. E. Beechey, of Witbank. ref. 85 years of SAAF