Service Details
Name:
 DU TOIT
Given Name:
 JOHANNES HENDRIK
Initials:
 J H
Service No:
 72570187PE
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 5th Reconnaissance Regiment
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Unit:
 1 Recce Commando
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Date of Death:
 1978-02-11
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Date of Birth:
 1954-11-28
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. While busy with operations against FRELIMO in the Madulo Pan area, Gaza Province during Op Acrobat / Melon, he was shot during a contact.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. P. J. du Toit. "D" Sqdn. Rhodesian SAS No 5559869. ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood). Amendments from "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder. ref."the Silent War" by Peter Stiff.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 HOPEFIELD CEMETERY
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