Godfrey, Eric Sydney

Identity

Person No.

30477

Service No.

83599704BG

Last Name

Godfrey 6

First Name

Eric Sydney

Initials

E S

Date of Birth

Unknown

Est. Birth Year

1968 (±1 yr) 294

Age at Death

18

Military Service

Rank

Special Constable

Regiment

South West African Police 140

Unit

South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) 228

Secondary Unit

Army

Death Record

Date of Death

11 May 1986 89

Cause of Death

Killed in action 9,874

Killed in action, Counter-insurgency duty in South West Africa. Member of Koevoet

Grave Reference

Likely buried in Namibia - Alternative Commemoration until grave found 135

Location

Country

South Africa 17,413

Locality

Unknown

Cemetery

UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,253

Additional Information

Notes

ref. "The Covert War" by Peter Stiff

Citation

Unknown

External Source

https://www.izkor.gov.il (Israeli Fallen Soldiers & Victims of Terrorism database — search by name)

South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #30477

Godfrey, Eric Sydney (E S)