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| 19 December 2010 | 29360 | Rifleman Richard Barrington |
Barrington was a rifleman from 6SAI, Foxtrot Company, Platoon 4 and was a pleasant well mannered and popular chap. As company signal officer I was in transit and detached to this platoon on that fateful rainy night. The…
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| 13 December 2010 | 29545 | Private Pierre Botha |
Name : Piere Botha Military Number: 81196776 PE Date of death: 6 Sep 1985 Age: 20 Unit: Technical Services Corps Piere Botha died in a shooting incident at 61 Base Workshops, accident in Weapon Workshop - bullet ricoche…
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| 10 December 2010 | 30339 | Rifleman Alexander Forbes |
Eddie Forbes is interested in contact with the relatives of Alexander. Can be contacted on forbes@tiscali.co.za Eddie
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| 09 December 2010 | 388 | Flight Lieutenant Allen John Frederick Allen-White |
During Operation Dolfyn , on 1 July 1983 the third platoon of Alpha Company, 32 Battalion, were waiting to be joined by the first platoon at a TB between Dova and Nehone in Angola. When the guards spotted uniformed men…
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| 09 December 2010 | 32085 | Rifleman Musose Muema |
Muema , who succumbed to his schrapnel wounds at 10:00 the next morning. Later, radio intercepts indicated that SWAPO lost 15 men killed and a number wounded in this contact, and a further two SWAPO insurgents were kill…
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| 08 December 2010 | 33920 | Rifleman Manuel Yenga |
On 3 March 1980, 32 Battalion's platoons were ten kilometres inside Angola, and were approached by a member of the local population, who advised them of a SWAPO base west of the Cunene River and about one kilometre from…
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| 08 December 2010 | 31605 | Rifleman Casto Marcelino |
On 21 May, 32 Battalion were tasked to support a UNITA attack on the FAPLA base at Savate, Angola. Unknown to them, the FAPLA strength had been badly underestimated by UNITA and there was over 1000 heavily armed soldier…
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| 08 December 2010 | 31673 | Rifleman Joaquim Matamba |
On 21 May, 32 Battalion were tasked to support a UNITA attack on the FAPLA base at Savate, Angola. Unknown to them, the FAPLA strength had been badly underestimated by UNITA and there was over 1000 heavily armed soldier…
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| 08 December 2010 | 31352 | Rifleman Abel Livingue |
On 21 May, 32 Battalion were tasked to support a UNITA attack on the FAPLA base at Savate, Angola. Unknown to them, the FAPLA strength had been badly underestimated by UNITA and there was over 1000 heavily armed soldier…
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| 08 December 2010 | 29903 | Corporal Carlos Conceicao Da Trinidade |
On 13 March 1980, an Echo Company platoon from 32 Battalion were sent to the scene of an earlier contact with SWAPO, at Dombondola, where they found a dead insurgent and spoor of four others, which they began to follow…
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| 08 December 2010 | 29680 | Rifleman Antonio Caliango |
On 21 May, 32 Battalion were tasked to support a UNITA attack on the FAPLA base at Savate, Angola. Unknown to them, the FAPLA strength had been badly underestimated by UNITA and there was over 1000 heavily armed soldier…
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| 08 December 2010 | 29217 | Rifleman Benedito Albino |
On 21 May, 32 Battalion were tasked to support a UNITA attack on the FAPLA base at Savate, Angola. Unknown to them, the FAPLA strength had been badly underestimated by UNITA and there was over 1000 heavily armed soldier…
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| 08 December 2010 | 29284 | Rifleman Manuel Augusto |
On 21 May, 32 Battalion were tasked to support a UNITA attack on the FAPLA base at Savate, Angola. Unknown to them, the FAPLA strength had been badly underestimated by UNITA and there was over 1000 heavily armed soldier…
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| 08 December 2010 | 29215 | Rifleman Rodrigues Alberto |
On 21 May, 32 Battalion were tasked to support a UNITA attack on the FAPLA base at Savate, Angola. Unknown to them, the FAPLA strength had been badly underestimated by UNITA and there was over 1000 heavily armed soldier…
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| 08 December 2010 | 31010 | Lance Corporal Joao Kaumba |
On 21 May, 32 Battalion were tasked to support a UNITA attack on the FAPLA base at Savate, Angola. Unknown to them, the FAPLA strength had been badly underestimated by UNITA and there was over 1000 heavily armed soldier…
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| 08 December 2010 | 30286 | Lance Corporal Andrew Jeremy (Ande) Falkus |
On 21 May, 32 Battalion were tasked to support a UNITA attack on the FAPLA base at Savate, Angola. Unknown to them, the FAPLA strength had been badly underestimated by UNITA and there was over 1000 heavily armed soldier…
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| 08 December 2010 | 33633 | Corporal Mario Van Wyk |
32 Battalion's Delta and Echo Companies were part of the composite 54 Battalion taking part in Operation Sceptic. Part of their task was to sweep the area around Mulemba for signs of SWAPO. On 4 June a contact was made…
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| 08 December 2010 | 30544 | Corporal Daniel Heinrich Grobler |
As part of Operation Vastrap, a platoon was in the vicinity of Cuamato in Angola, where there were reports of increased SWAPO activity in the area. During the sweeps conducted in late July, a number of SWAPO bases were…
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| 08 December 2010 | 30240 | Corporal Eduard Coetzee Engelbrecht |
On 21 May, 32 Battalion were tasked to support a UNITA attack on the FAPLA base at Savate, Angola. Unknown to them, the FAPLA strength had been badly underestimated by UNITA and there was over 1000 heavily armed soldier…
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| 08 December 2010 | 29802 | Corporal Michael Christiaan Coetzee |
As part of Operation Vastrap, a platoon was in the vicinity of Cuamato in Angola, where there were reports of increased SWAPO activity in the area. During the sweeps conducted in late July, a number of SWAPO bases were…
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| 08 December 2010 | 30408 | Sergeant Barend Zacharias Gericke |
The first and second platoons of Foxtrot Company, 32 Battalion, were under the command of 2Lt S. O'Reilly, during Operation Loodvoet which was being conducted in southern Angola during March and April 1980. On the morni…
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| 08 December 2010 | 29580 | Staff Sergeant Simao Domingos Braz |
On 21 May, 32 Battalion were tasked to support a UNITA attack on the FAPLA base at Savate, Angola. Unknown to them, the FAPLA strength had been badly underestimated by UNITA and there was over 1000 heavily armed soldier…
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| 08 December 2010 | 33436 | Second Lieutenant Petrus (Pierre) Van Der Walt |
On 21 May, 32 Battalion were tasked to support a UNITA attack on the FAPLA base at Savate, Angola. Unknown to them, the FAPLA strength had been badly underestimated by UNITA and there was over 1000 heavily armed soldier…
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| 08 December 2010 | 32434 | Second Lieutenant Timothy Simmons Patrick |
On 21 May, 32 Battalion were tasked to support a UNITA attack on the FAPLA base at Savate, Angola. Unknown to them, the FAPLA strength had been badly underestimated by UNITA and there was over 1000 heavily armed soldier…
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| 08 December 2010 | 1702 | Ordinary Seaman Hedley Crossman Beswetherick |
On 21 May, 32 Battalion were tasked to support a UNITA attack on the FAPLA base at Savate, Angola. Unknown to them, the FAPLA strength had been badly underestimated by UNITA and there was over 1000 heavily armed soldier…
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| 08 December 2010 | 30252 | Captain Andre Erasmus |
On 21 May, 32 Battalion were tasked to support a UNITA attack on the FAPLA base at Savate, Angola. Unknown to them, the FAPLA strength had been badly underestimated by UNITA and there was over 1000 heavily armed soldier…
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| 08 December 2010 | 33100 | Corporal Phillip Thomas Stewart |
Sergeant Phil Steward was a member of 32 Battalion. He was killed in action during an attack launched on a large SWAPO base in the Cambena Valley, on 13 March 1982. Also killed in this action were 2nd Lieutenant P. Nel…
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| 08 December 2010 | 32221 | Second Lieutenant Petrus Johannes Stephanus Nel |
In an attack on a large SWAPO base in the Cambena Valley, 32 Battalion troops were dropped into the area by helicopters but found themselves to be almost on top of the enemy, who were well entrenched in terrain that was…
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| 08 December 2010 | 31552 | Corporal Augusto Mande |
On the evening of 3 April 1983, the first and fourth platoons from 32 Battalion's Alpha Company were preparing to set an ambush on a road four kilometres north-east of Vinte Sete, when they spotted six SWAPO insurgents…
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| 08 December 2010 | 31005 | Rifleman Joao Daniel Kativa |
On the evening of 3 April 1983, the first and fourth platoons from 32 Battalion's Alpha Company were preparing to set an ambush on a road four kilometres north-east of Vinte Sete, when they spotted six SWAPO insurgents…
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| 08 December 2010 | 30870 | Corporal Yombi Joao |
Corporal J. Joao was a member of 32 Battalion, and was killed in action during an attack on a large SWAPO base in the Cambena Valley, on 13 March 1982. Also killed in this action were 2nd Lieutenant P. Nel and Sergeant…
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| 07 December 2010 | 31406 | Major Erasmus Johannes Louw |
I was honored to serve under Major Louw in 1981 /1983 at 8sai Upington. He was a fair and just officer. I was saddened on hearing of his death and often think back on the time i served in the Sadf under his command. It…
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| 01 December 2010 | 32677 | Sergeant Jose Correia Pinto "Carnaval" "Robbie" Ribeiro |
Sergeant Ribeiro was tasked with evacuating four wounded men in a Land Rover to Rundu, taking along a young National Serviceman who had just completed his tour of duty and was heading home. The six men came across a con…
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| 01 December 2010 | 32827 | Private Louis Brian Schoeman |
Pte Louis.B. Schoeman Force No 80588858CK was a member of the SACC Maintenance Unit and lived at 15 no 15 Kameelboom Str in Bonteheuwel on the Cape Flats. He was born on the 04 November 1964 and killed in Buffel acciden…
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| 01 December 2010 | 32827 | Private Louis Brian Schoeman |
Louis Schoeman was a member of South African Cape Corps (SACC) during 1981 and died in a Buffel convoy accident form Rundu on Their way to Mapacha on the 5th of November 1981.
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| 01 December 2010 | 1097 | Lieutenant Henry Francis Barker |
2Lt Opperman was in command of the Second Platoon, Bravo Company, 32 Battalion, who were on patrol on 12 September. They walked into a 39 strong SWAPO ambush just 200 metres from the SWA / Angola border, at Chana Omelep…
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| 01 December 2010 | 31041 | Second Lieutenant Gerrit Keulder |
On 9 March, whilst on patrol, Lt Gert Keulder and his patrol located a SWAPO base in the vicinity of Nutalala, which they destroyed. Whilst withdrawing from the area however, they came under attack briefly from a 300-st…
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| 30 November 2010 | 32675 | Lance Corporal Carlos Alberto Correia Pinto Ribeiro |
At 05H00 on 19 August 1976, a convoy of six Unimogs and one Bosvark set off from Luenga, Angola, to the south. Due to the bad state of the roads being travelled on, the Unimogs bunched up and the one being driven by L/C…
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| 29 November 2010 | 32822 | Captain George Frederick Schoeman |
I served my time at 2SSB from July 1975 to June 1976. After a number of gruelling drills, I was privelidged to march as guard of honour for Captain Schoeman. Shortly thereafter I was sent to 1SSB to train in Eland's and…
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| 28 November 2010 | 31859 | Lance Corporal Cecil Ian Mennigke |
Lance Corporal C. I. Mennigke (Mil no: 71348213PE) and L/Cpl C.L. De Willzem(336) were killed in action on 4 January1978 in the Gaza Province, Mozambique, during operation Melon. Mennigke and De Wilzem were part of D Sq…
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