Identity
Person No.
32685
Service No.
86411139PE
Last Name
First Name
Johannes Martinus Gysbert
Initials
J M G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident, in Atlas Oryk #1215, at Kroonstad. Ten people died and 14 were injured in the crash outside Kroonstad. Members of the SA Army, the Kroonstad area commandos, SAP and the SAAF were busy with a crime prevention exercise, Operation Tsoha II, based at a temporary base at Bossiespruit. This flight was one of the short flights that took support personnel on a "thank you" flight. This flight was the third one the Oryx had done that day. The wreckage was found along the Vals River
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Husband of Mrs. N. Richter. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Citation
Unknown
External Source
https://www.izkor.gov.il (Israeli Fallen Soldiers & Victims of Terrorism database — search by name)
South African War Graves Project