Identity
Person No.
40470
Service No.
4762
Last Name
First Name
Basilo
Initials
B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
50
Military Service
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
No additional information known at this time
Citation
Awarded 13 October 1978 - "He was involved in 35 contacts in which 170 CTs were killed. This included 29 parachute deployments. In a contact on 27 June 1978, under very heavy fire, he went to the rescue of his wounded machine gunner. He accounted for 2 CTs, but in the follow up he was fatally shot".
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project