Identity
Person No.
31259
Service No.
81312464BG
Last Name
First Name
Gabriel Pieter
Initials
G P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Military Service
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Secondary Unit
attd. 61 Mechanised Battalion Group
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in Action during Ops Askari in Southern Angola while attached to 61 Mechanised Battalion Group when a Soviet 82mm High Explosive Mortar Bomb landed and exploded on the Roll-bar of their Buffel Troop Carrier, spraying the inside of the vehicle with lethal shrapnel, killing them instantly
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of J. C. G. and T. le Roux, of 7 Union Rd, Cullinan.
Citation
LG 8 February 1919 - "A pilot of courage and skill, bold in attack and gallant in action, who has accounted for five enemy aeroplanes. On 27th September he attacked fifteen Fokker biplanes that were harassing one of our bombing formations, driving down one in flames. He then engaged a second; in the combat the two machines collided, and the enemy aeroplane fell down completely out of control. Although his machine was badly damaged, Lieutenant Lawson successfully regained our lines."
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project