In Memory Of

DIPPENAAR, CECIL RHODES

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1965-02-16
Service No:
 81245854BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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:
 H2
Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. C. R. Dippenaar