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Battle of Savate Virtual Memorial

No physical monument or cemetery exists in Angola for these men — SADF Border War dead were repatriated to South Africa, most for burial in their home towns, and their national commemoration is the SADF Wall of Remembrance at the Voortrekker Monument (see Memorial #1). This page is a virtual memorial: it gathers, in one place, the fifteen 32 Battalion soldiers killed on 21 May 1980 at Savate, Cuando Cubango province, Angola, during Operation Tiro a Tiro — the Battle of Savate, 32 Battalion's costliest single action to that point in the war and, by most accounts, its greatest victory.

Location: Savate, Cuando Cubango (Cubango) province, Angola

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Names 15

# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Regiment Panel Date of Death
29215 Alberto Rodrigues R Rifleman 32 (Buffalo) Battalion 1980-05-21
29217 Albino Benedito B Rifleman 32 (Buffalo) Battalion 1980-05-21
29242 Angelo Sebastiao S Rifleman 32 (Buffalo) Battalion 1980-05-21
29284 Augusto Manuel M Rifleman 32 (Buffalo) Battalion 1980-05-21
29680 Caliango Antonio A Rifleman 32 (Buffalo) Battalion 1980-05-21
30240 Engelbrecht Eduard Coetzee E C Corporal 32 (Buffalo) Battalion 1980-05-21
30252 Erasmus Andre A Captain 32 (Buffalo) Battalion 1980-05-21
30286 Falkus Andrew Jeremy (ande) A J Lance Corporal 32 (Buffalo) Battalion 1980-05-21
31010 Kaumba Joao J Lance Corporal 32 (Buffalo) Battalion 1980-05-21
31352 Livingue Abel A Rifleman 32 (Buffalo) Battalion 1980-05-21
31605 Marcelino Casto C Rifleman 32 (Buffalo) Battalion 1980-05-21
31673 Matamba Joaquim J Rifleman 32 (Buffalo) Battalion 1980-05-21
32097 Muller Charl De Jongh C D J Lieutenant 32 (Buffalo) Battalion 1980-05-21
32100 Muller Johannes Mattheus Heyns J M H Second Lieutenant 32 (Buffalo) Battalion 1980-05-21
32434 Patrick Timothy Simmons T S Second Lieutenant 32 (Buffalo) Battalion 1980-05-21