Molefe, Child Of

Identity

Person No.

31812

Service No.

96830435

Last Name

Molefe 17

First Name

Child Of

Initials

C O

Date of Birth

Unknown

Est. Birth Year

1986 (±1 yr) 30

Age at Death

13

Military Service

Rank

Civilian

Regiment

Civilian 76

Unit

1 Parachute Battalion 65

Secondary Unit

Army

Death Record

Date of Death

23 October 1999 224

Cause of Death

Killed in aircraft accident 1,519

Killed in aircraft accident, in Atlas Oryk #1215, at Kroonstad. Ten people died and 14 were injured in the crash outside Kroonstad. Members of the SA Army, the Kroonstad area commandos, SAP and the SAAF were busy with a crime prevention exercise, Operation Tsoha II, based at a temporary base at Bossiespruit. This flight was one of the short flights that took support personnel on a "thank you" flight. This flight was the third one the Oryx had done that day. The wreckage was found along the Vals River

Grave Reference

Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1,598

Location

Country

South Africa 17,413

Locality

Gauteng 9,426

Cemetery

SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,912

Additional Information

Notes

No additional information known at this time

Citation

DSO LG 31 October 1902 - "S C MacFarlane, Lieutenant, South Australian Contingent. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". MID LG 1 August 1901 with the 6th South Australian Imperial Bushmen - "For exhibiting conspicuous gallantry and fearless leading of their men"

External Source

Unknown

South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #31812

Molefe, Child Of (C O)