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Identity
Person No.
36382
Service No.
495445-9
Last Name
Monakali 2
First Name
Christiaan Petrus
Initials
M W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1978 (±1 yr) 118
Age at Death
23
Military Service
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
South African Police Service 1,739
Unit
South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) 229
Secondary Unit
Police
Death Record
Date of Death
18 October 2001 282
Cause of Death
Died of wounds 2,380
Died of wounds, critically wounded in the head during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland on 23 February 1987, during Counter-insurgency duty in South West Africa. Member of Koevoet. He was evacuated to Eenhana where he later lapsed into a coma prior to being evacuated to 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria. He remained on life support until declared brain dead on 25 February 1987
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 3,110
Location
Country
South Africa 18,398
Locality
Gauteng 9,441
Cemetery
SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE MEMORIAL, PRETORIA (UNION BUILDINGS) 3,114
Additional Information
Notes

600922-1

Citation

LG Sup 22 August 1918 as 133 Battery Sergeant Major 12th Citizen Battery

External Source

South African Police Memorial, Union Buildings, Pretoria (1984). https://artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings/bldgframes_mob.php?bldgid=14414
SAPS Roll of Honour - https://www.saps.gov.za/about/honour/roll_of_honour2005_2001.php (Israeli Fallen Soldiers & Victims of Terrorism database — search by name)

South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #36382