In Memory Of
PHIPSON, PETE VAUGHAN
Service Details
Age:
19
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
73531899BC
Rank:
Corporal
Unit:
Mounted Okatopi
Regiment:
MOUNTED
Date of Death:
1976-12-30
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, in 1 Military Hospital after being critically wounded near Okatopi when his horse detonated a Soviet Anti-Tank mine during anti-insurgent operations in mid-October 1976. He was flown back to 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria where he unfortunately succumbed to his injuries on 30 December 1976 after complications set in
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Alternative Commemoration until grave found
Cemetery:
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
Localitly:
Gauteng
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
On memorial in Kwazulu-Natal, UNDERBERG, Moth Garden of Remembrance