Service Details
Name:
 BADENHORST
Given Name:
 HENDRIK JACOBUS
Initials:
 H J
Service No:
 78452075BG
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Medical Health Service
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Date of Death:
 1981-09-29
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Date of Birth:
 1962-02-08
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Aerospatiale SA330L Puma C #174, crashed whilst bringing in casualties at night, at Oshakati after Operation Protea. It is said that Lamprecht was disorientated and guided the pilot incorrectly, thus the tail rotor caught in a barb-wire fence. Sgt Lamprecht (Flight Engineer), the co-pilot, Lt D O'Connor, several medics and a doctor as well as the casualty, tragically died. Only the pilot survived
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Badenhorst
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Free State
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Cemetery:
 ODENDAALSRUS CEMETERY
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