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Identity
Person No.
39009
Service No.
81966137SWH
Last Name
Kavetu 1
First Name
Bruce
Initials
M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1961 (±1 yr) 366
Age at Death
27
Military Service
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
South West African Territory Force 616
Unit
102 Battalion 54
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
09 July 1988 101
Cause of Death
Killed in action 9,874
Killed in action, during a contact with insurgents when he detonated a Soviet POMZ-2 Anti-Personnel Picket Mine
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1,598
Location
Country
South Africa 17,413
Locality
Gauteng 9,426
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,912
Additional Information
Notes

Corporal Kavetu was the last Operational Casualty of 102 Battalion during the Bush War.

Citation

***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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