In Memory Of

PELSER, ABRAHAM LIEBERGH

Service Details
Age:
 21
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 72430408BC
Rank:
 Corporal
Unit:
 7 South African Infantry Battalion
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1977-03-08
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, some of the troops used to straighten the pins on their hand grenades to make them easier to extract and then hooked the grenades into their webbing via the grenade handle. Unfortunately, when Abraham took off his webbing after returning to Nkurukuru Base from a patrol, his thumb caught on the grenade pin and pulled it out. The armed M26 grenade fell onto the floor in the middle of the tent and without hesitation, he dived onto the grenade and absorbed the full force of the explosion that killed him instantly but saved the lives of all the other soldiers in the tent
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Alternative Commemoration until grave found
Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
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