Identity
Person No.
33870
Service No.
72372642BA
Last Name
First Name
Alfred Robert
Initials
A R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Military Service
Rank
Sapper
Regiment
Secondary Unit
"A" Coy.
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, during the Battle of Bridge 14 in December 1975 during Operation Savannah. He was critically wounded in the head when the Bridge building team was attacked by Cuban Infantry. Despite the best efforts from his comrades to keep him alive, he succumbed to his wounds a short while later while on the casevac helicopter flight to the SADF Surgical Hospital located at Cela
Location
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Mr. A. R. Willemse, of Geluksburg.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
https://www.izkor.gov.il (Israeli Fallen Soldiers & Victims of Terrorism database — search by name)
South African War Graves Project