Identity
Person No.
33850
Old ROH no.
1655
Service No.
75587519BG
Last Name
First Name
Bruce Allen
Initials
B A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,310
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in an ambush while going for brunch, before starting their patrol
Grave Reference
Location
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. White
Citations
Unknown
External References
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project
Stories 2
See John Drakes dedication for the story of what happened on that day, they both got killed together. It was an ambush while they were on section patrol.
I remember John as a all round good guy. We did all our training together in the same platoon. I remember him taking a bet with me that I could not stop smoking. He forgot about the bet , but it was my reaction to being caught out that gave me away. Only then did he remember . The bet was 10 x 2 litre bottles of cool drink. I think about those lost so young RIP Bruce white.
Dedications 3
Bruce White died in the same clash. Both from 8 SAI Upington B Coy.
A wonderful friend I met in June 1980 going up to Upington from Durban on the train and stayed friend until he was killed on the 14 January 1982 . Never forgotten, Bruce. He volunteered to join the army as he was born in Rhodesia. Every pass he drove Arthur Luiz, Kevin Holdsworth and myself back to Durban and back again to Upington .
Bruce was a good guy [although i knew him for a very short while only] Killed on the border in a clash just on/after Xmas 1982. From memory in was at Mpungu not far from Rundu.