In Memory Of
VAN DER MERWE, HENDRIK GERHARDUS
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
1954-10-27
Service No:
70220991PE
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
D Sqn, 5 Recce Commando, SADF
Regiment:
5th Reconnaissance Regiment
Former Regiment:
while att to D Sqn, Rhodesian SAS
Date of Death:
1978-09-21
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, by small arms fire during an attack on a ZANLA base in the Chimoio area Mozambique, Op Snoopy.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
BLOEMFONTEIN (SOUTHPARK) CEMETERY
Localitly:
Free State
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. van der Merwe, of Noordhoek, Bloemfontein. ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood)
 CEMETERY/Van Der Merwe HG/van der merwe_hg_01.jpg)