Identity
Person No.
38018
Service No.
34560
Last Name
First Name
Hermanus Theodoris Steyn
Initials
H T S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
39
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, by anti personnel mine in Caprivi Strip, while on COIN duty in South West Africa. He was investigating a mine blast that had occurred the previous day, near Katima Mulilo, which had injured 4 policemen
Military Service
Rank
Captain
Regiment
Unknown
Secondary Unit
South African Police
Defence Force
SAP 3,731
South African Police
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
ref. Gallantry Awards of the South African Police 1913-1994 and "The Silent War" by Peter Stiff
Citations
Unknown
External References
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South African Police Memorial
open source ↗
South African Police Memorial, Union Buildings, Pretoria (1984).
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour, pages 26-28: gives date 1971-05-22 vs ROH 1971-10-05 (SN 34560 and initials H T S match exactly) — confirmed match, not overwritten.
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