In Memory Of

BOTHA, PHILLIPUS

Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
1964-01-16
Service No:
80413552BG
Rank:
Corporal
Unit:
7 South African Infantry Battalion
Regiment:
South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
1984-04-17
Cause of Death:
Accidentally killed, suffered multiple shrapnel wounds in an accidental rifle grenade explosion. While a patrol was resting on the verandah of the little church at Nehone, a member of the patrol was tampering with a captured M-60P1 Yugoslavian HEAP Pencil STRIM Rifle Grenade that exploded, killing two members instantly and wounding four others, at Nehone, Southern Angola
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
1B
Cemetery:
LYDENBURG CEMETERY
Localitly:
Mpumalanga
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Hermanus Petrus Johannes and Lea Gertruida Botha. Brother of Marietha Moolman, of Beaufort West.