Identity
Person No.
32195
Old ROH no.
1035
Service No.
73560344BA
Last Name
First Name
Barend Hermanus
Initials
B H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,310
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, fatally wounded during Ops Savannah when playing with a captured enemy 75mm recoilless gun when it went off. Killed by back blast
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Notes
Son of Mr. P. S. Neethling
Citations
Unknown
External References
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project
Stories 1
Shortly after the battles surrounding Bridge 14 in Angola, during Operation Savannah , and before the South Africans resumed their advance, on 17 December 1975 Gunner B.H. Neethling accidentally discharged one of his battery's 75 mm cannons. He was struck by the recoiling cannon and killed, whilst the shell fired struck a nearby ammunition truck, destroying it, but fortunately without any further loss of life. Information obtained from Avontuur in Angola by Sophia du Preez(J.L. van Schaik 1989) Peter
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