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Identity
Person No.
32492
Service No.
73531899BC
Last Name
Phipson 3
First Name
Pete Vaughan
Initials
P V
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1957 (±1 yr) 418
Age at Death
19
Military Service
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Mounted 2
Unit
Mounted Okatopi 2
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
30 December 1976 76
Cause of Death
Died of wounds 2,379
Died of wounds, in 1 Military Hospital after being critically wounded near Okatopi when his horse detonated a Soviet Anti-Tank mine during anti-insurgent operations in mid-October 1976. He was flown back to 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria where he unfortunately succumbed to his injuries on 30 December 1976 after complications set in
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

On memorial in Kwazulu-Natal, UNDERBERG, Moth Garden of Remembrance

Citation

LG Sup 3 March 1917 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has at all times set a splendid example of courage and determination"

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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