Identity
Person No.
33927
Service No.
68343599PE
Last Name
First Name
Freddie Johannes
Initials
F J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Military Service
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,263
South African Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,310
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at Bwabwata Western Caprivi. While under attack by machine gun fire, he stormed the emplacements and overpowered one gun crew and forced the other to retreat. He was killed in the process
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Notes
First official Border War death
Citations
Unknown
External References
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project
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samilhistory.com
samilhistory.com 1 RR tag / de Klerk & Bezuidenhout: first SADF combat casualty of the Border War (23 Jun 1974). Account places the contact in Southern Angola; ROH AddInfo has Bwabwata, Western Caprivi.
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