In Memory Of

SMIT, MATHYS CORNELIUS

Service Details
Age:
 18
Date of Birth:
 1965-03-18
Service No:
 81301293BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
Unit:
 4 South African Infantry Battalion
Unit 2:
 attd. 61 Mechanised Battalion Group
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1983-12-31
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during Ops Askari in Southern Angola while attached to 61 Mechanised Battalion Group when a Soviet 82mm High Explosive Mortar Bomb landed and exploded on the Roll-bar of their Buffel Troop Carrier, spraying the inside of the vehicle with lethal shrapnel, killing them instantly
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 C8
Cemetery:
 LADYBRAND CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Free State
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. C. J. Smit, of Ladybrand