Identity
Person No.
32102
Old ROH no.
1014
Service No.
74413659BB
Last Name
First Name
Leslie
Initials
L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
FF 51
Friendly fire
Cause of Death
Died in Friendly Fire Incident, during an ambush. Just after 2am on that day, four members from the 4 SAI were killed by friendly fire at Okalongo, when a soldier watching the rear of the ambush position suddenly turned around and opened fire on his fellow soldiers
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Mrs. M. P. Muller. ref. "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project
Stories 2
I did basics with Lourens Muller at 5 SAI Ladysmith in July 1976. I did not really know him well but he seemed like a very enthusiastic NSM. He went on to Infantry School then became a corporal instructor at 4 SAI. He was killed by friendly fire in ambush gone wrong somewhere in Ovamboland (there was a court case against the troep involved but nothing was proven). RIP Lourens!
29 Sep 1977: Four members from 4 SAI were killed in a friendly fire incident at Okalongo when a soldier who was watching the rear of the ambush position suddenly turned around and opened fire on his fellow soldiers. The soldier in question subsequently appeared in the Windhoek Supreme Court on a charge of murder but was medically diagnosed as having acute schizophrenia and subsequently declared medically unfit to stand trial. The casualties in this unfortunate incident were: 69206464PE Sergeant Jan Pieter Albertus Furstenburg. He was 24 74413659BB Corporal Leslie Muller. He was 19. 74281734BG Rifleman Jan Joachim Jacobus de Vos. He was 18 74382862BG Rifleman Cornelius Johannes Lourens. He was 19
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