Identity
Person No.
30282
Old ROH no.
445
Service No.
70387378N
Last Name
First Name
Pieter Gabriel
Initials
P G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident, accidentally killed when he fell out of a patrol observation post in the Operational Area
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Home Unit
Attached To
Role at time of death
Armour (Armoured Car)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Re-established 1 October 1973 out of C Squadron 1 SSB, itself formed as C Squadron of 2 Armoured Car Regiment in February 1962 and renamed 22 December 1966. Regimental HQ and C Squadron at Zeerust; D Squadron detached to 2 SAI at Walvis Bay. Squadrons served in Namibia and Angola from 1974: B, C and D Squadrons on Operation Savannah, 8 October 1975 to 31 January 1976, and later Operations Protea, Daisy, Hooper and Modular. On 25 January 1988 it became the first unit in South Africa granted the Right of Free Admission to a coloured community, Henryville. Most of the men on this roll who point at 2 SSB belong to this period. Also took part in Operation Adding on 10 February 1988, the intervention restoring the Bophuthatswana government after the coup attempt against President Mangope. Equipped with the Ratel IFV and, from May 1990, the Rooikat; received national colours 30 June 1990.
Notes
Son of Mr. J. C. Eybers, of Ladysmith
Citations
Unknown
External References
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
open source ↗
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), page 16 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 4
I believe that NO 445 EYBERS was attached to 1 Special Services Battalion in Bloemfontein. The reason for this is that 2SSB had only one intake a year and he was never with us.
Tpr Eybers was a driver of an armoured car. He was driving at the head of the squadron when they were ambushed by Cubans north of a town called Ebo on 24 November 1975. His armoured car was hit by an anti tank shell and Eybers took the full impact of the explosion. The car was toppled to its side. The other two crew members survived the attack and were forced to remain in the car throughout the engagement. When the squadron withdrew from the battle, the crew had to wait until dark before they could escape. His body was not recovered and must have been buried by the enemy in the field of honour.
Trooper Eybers was with 1SSB and was an armor car driver and was killed in the Early stages of operation Savannah and was given a military funeral in South Africa Coenie BEKKER
I have over 35 yrs tried to find Ebyers family but with no luck he was buried and no body has been back to his grave Here is a man who gave his life but nobody wants to remember him But I will till i close my eyes and join you so that we can march together Your soldier friend Coenie BEKKER Coenie Bekker
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