In Memory Of

MBULI, THULANI EMMANUAL

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Able Seaman
Regiment:
 South African Navy
Date of Death:
 2012-05-23
Cause of Death:
 Drowned, during anti-piracy operations in the Northern Mocambique Channel. He together with others had boarded a suspect Iranian Freighter, the "Dhow Hoane" for a routine search and inspection operation and while he was disembarking from the ship, he slipped off the ladder and fell into the sea. Despite a 36-hour search, no trace of his body was ever found. He was no known grave and remains unaccounted for.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 No known grave - Lost at sea
Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
No additional information known at this time