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Identity
Person No.
32529
Service No.
89031595BV
Last Name
Pius 1
First Name
Petrus
Initials
P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1952 (±1 yr) 285
Age at Death
35
Military Service
Rank
Special Sergeant
Regiment
South West African Police 140
Unit
South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) 228
Secondary Unit
Navy
Death Record
Date of Death
29 January 1987 83
Cause of Death
Killed in action 9,874
Killed in action, during a contact with PLAN insurgents, in Northern Owamboland
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

LG Sup 3 March 1917 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has at all times set a splendid example of courage and determination"

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #32529