In Memory Of

MTILENI, RHULANI MIHLOTI

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Gunner
Unit:
 10 Anti Aircraft Regiment
Regiment:
 South African Artillery
Date of Death:
 2007-10-13
Cause of Death:
 Died in Shooting Incident, at the Army Combat Training Centre at Lohatlha during Exercise Seboka when an Oerlikon GDF Mk V 35mm twin-barrel Anti-Aircraft Gun malfunctioned during a live-fire exercise, spraying hundreds of High-Explosive 0,5kg 35mm canon shells around the five-gun firing position. By the time the gun had emptied its dual 250-round magazines, nine soldiers were dead and eleven injured
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 UNKNOWN CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Unknown
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
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