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Identity
Person No.
30870
Service No.
76908342SP
Last Name
Joao 7
First Name
Yombi
Initials
Y
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1955 (±1 yr) 393
Age at Death
27
Military Service
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
South West African Territory Force 616
Unit
32 (Buffalo) Battalion 375
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
13 March 1982 83
Cause of Death
Killed in action 9,874
Killed in action, during the grueling eight hour ground fire fight of Op Super. A 45 strong force of 32 Battalion with gunship support killed 201 SWAPO as well as captured vast amounts of equipment in the rugged terrain of Kaokaland desert
Grave Reference
OLD SEC 208 1
Location
Country
Namibia 737
Locality
Caprivi 228
Cemetery
KIMBO CEMETERY, BUFFALO 177
Additional Information
Notes

Brother of Mr. M. Joao

Citation

LG Sup 4 January 1917 pg. 245

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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