Died in Shooting Incident, was critically wounded by a fellow soldier while on duty in Northern Owamboland. A soldier was in the process of making his R4 rifle safe while standing next to a Buffel Troop carrier and Eddie Barnard, who was in the rear of the Buffel, was leaning over the side watching him when the shot went off, critically wounding him in the head. Although evacuated by helicopter, he succumbed to his wounds later in the day in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital at AFB Ondangwa