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Identity
Person No.
30731
Old ROH no.
591
Service No.
05483417PE
Last Name
Hochapfel 1
First Name
Charles Vernon
Initials
C V
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1942 (±1 yr) 129
Age at Death
44
Death Record
Date of Death
24 March 1986 341
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds 2,436
Died of wounds, at 1 Military Hospital, received while on patrol with his men in a SWA-built Wolf mine-protected vehicle, they drove into an ambush. Sat with his head against the side of the passenger compartment, Charlie was fatally wounded when an Energa anti-tank rifle grenade struck the vehicle right where his head was. Of those evacuated to 1 Military Hospital, he was one of only a few who succumbed to his wounds. (Source General Georg Meiring)
Military Service
Rank
Commandant
Regiment
Swa Gym 1
Unit
101st Battalion 2
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
Unknown
Location
Country
South Africa 23,879
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY 592
Grave Reference
Grave 1332. 1
Coordinates
-25.78214, 28.12179 OSM
Unit History
Attached To
101st Battalion
Notes

Husband of Mrs. E. M. Hochapfel

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 24 Mar 2024: 05483417PE Commandant Charles Vernon Hochapfel, South West Africa Gymnasium attached to 101 Battalion SWATF, Died in 1 Military Hospital from Wounds received during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents, age 44. ROH (Gen. Georg Meiring) records a Wolf mine-protected vehicle ambush; Energa anti-tank rifle grenade struck where his head was against the passenger compartment (not overwritten).

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Dedications 1
on 08 November 2011 · via source
Dedication: Commandant C.V. (Charlie) Hochapfel, SA Infantry Corps The Hochapfel family, his wife Elaine and their two daughters, have done me the great honour of asking me to pen a short dedication to husband, father, friend and great soldier - the late Charles Vernon Hochapfel. I remember Charlie, as we all knew him, as a man of few words - doing his job quietly and diligently . Charlie was a career soldier; professional, loyal, reliable, and honourable. His great passion in life waas his family; the troops under his command - black, white, national serviceman, permanent force, whoever - being anatural extension of those three that he loved most. And Charlie, dedicated warrior that he was, passed on to higher service in the manner tht a warrior would wish to go; in action. T remember too share rare moments relaxing together "on the border", as comrades; his quick wit a special gift and his characteristic chuckle never to be forgotten. I was proud to serve with you, Charlie, and honour your memory. General J.J (Jannie) Geldenhuys, SSA SD SOE SM withheld on request