Identity
Person No.
29544
Service No.
80413552BG
Last Name
First Name
Phillipus
Initials
P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Military Service
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Secondary Unit
attd. to 102 Bn
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Accidentally killed, suffered multiple shrapnel wounds in an accidental rifle grenade explosion. While a patrol was resting on the verandah of the little church at Nehone, a member of the patrol was tampering with a captured M-60P1 Yugoslavian HEAP Pencil STRIM Rifle Grenade that exploded, killing two members instantly and wounding four others, at Nehone, Southern Angola
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Hermanus Petrus Johannes and Lea Gertruida Botha. Brother of Marietha Moolman, of Beaufort West.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
https://www.izkor.gov.il (Israeli Fallen Soldiers & Victims of Terrorism database — search by name)
South African War Graves Project