Identity
Person No.
32954
Old ROH no.
1298
Service No.
83747444SP
Last Name
First Name
Faustino
Initials
F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
26
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,311
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in a contact with the enemy near Evale (Operation Kakebeen)
Grave Reference
Location
Notes
ref "Die Buffel Struikel" by LJ Bothma
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
On 17 February 1987, 32 Battalion was ordered to move to 101 Battalion, for tactical deployment in the vicinities of Mupa, Anhanca, Nehone and Evale. From here they launched aggressive patrols to try and flush out the enemy. At 11H50 on 12 March a patrol from Golf Company, operating near Evale, engaged in a heavy fifteen minute firefight with some 40 enemy, During which Rifleman R, Sikote was killed and five more 32 Battalion men wounded. Information extracted from 32 Battalion: The Inside Story of South Africa's Elite Fighting Unit , by Piet Nortje.
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