Identity
Person No.
33232
Old ROH no.
1404
Service No.
80385537BG
Last Name
First Name
Eugene Cedric
Initials
E C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DIS 6,079
Died of disease
Cause of Death
Died of cerebral malaria and hepatitis, at Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital, contracted while serving during Operation Askari
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Operation
Operation
Dates
1983-12-09 to 1984-01-19
About
Major SADF operation into southern Angola against SWAPO and, for the first time on this scale, directly-engaged FAPLA forces around Cuvelai and Cahama; unexpectedly heavy FAPLA/Cuban resistance and losses on both sides contributed to the diplomatic track that produced the February 1984 Lusaka Accord.
Unit History
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. K. F. Terblanche
Research notes
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".
Citations
Unknown
External References
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
open source ↗
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), pages 82-84 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 1
Terblanche was from 6SAI, Foxtrot Company, Platoon 1. Foxtrot company had been deployed to an area around Mupa in Angola during ops Askari. On our return from this operation 17 men had contracted cerabral malaria combined with hepatitis. At the time Foxtrot company was based at Okankolo which was some distance from the hospitals at Oshikati. Repeated signals were send to HQ requesting casavac for these 17 men, after a period of 2 weeks a doctor was sent to attend to the men. Terblanche was a big fellow and he suffered badly with the illness until he unexpectadly passed away. Within hours of his death HQ sent 2 helicopters to casavac the men, should they have done this sooner Terblanche may still be alive today Cpl Borros 32charlie
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