Identity
Person No.
31182
Service No.
79241576BG
Last Name
First Name
Ockert Petrus
Initials
O P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Military Service
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in Northern Ovamboland, together with his twin brother and another Trooper during Operation Handsak, when they detonated an anti-personnel landmine which had been planted on top of an anti-tank landmine. They were inspecting a Buffel of the Support Troop which had hit a landmine while out on patrol the previous day
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Kruger. His twin brother also died in service the same day
Citation
Unknown
External Source
https://www.izkor.gov.il (Israeli Fallen Soldiers & Victims of Terrorism database — search by name)
South African War Graves Project