In Memory Of

DU TOIT, JOHANNES JACOBUS (HANNES)

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 1958-01-01
Service No:
 74391806PE
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 1 South African Infantry Battalion
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1980-06-10
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Operation Sceptic, in contact with the enemy, at Smokeshell. The Ratel he was in was ambushed by about 50 enemy and even when his weapon jammed he continued to fire with the anti-aircraft weapon until he was mortally wounded
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 F12
Cemetery:
 BETHAL NEW CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Mpumalanga
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Honoris Crux (Posthumous)
Son of Mr. S. T. P. du Toit