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Identity
Person No.
33308
Service No.
79880498HX
Last Name
Toivo 1
First Name
Simon
Initials
S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1962 (±1 yr) 332
Age at Death
24
Military Service
Rank
Special Constable
Regiment
South West African Police 140
Unit
South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) 228
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
11 May 1986 89
Cause of Death
Killed in action 9,874
Killed in action, during a fierce contact with heavily armed PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland when their Z5S Casspir was hit by a Soviet RPG-7 Anti-Tank Rocket
Grave Reference
Likely buried in Namibia - Alternative Commemoration until grave found 135
Location
Country
South Africa 17,413
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,253
Additional Information
Notes

ref. "The Covert War" by Peter Stiff

Citation

LG Sup 17 April 1917 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He displayed great courage on several occasions in getting his men and mules through heavy shell fire. He set a splendid example to his men throughout under the most difficult circumstances."

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #33308