Service Details
Name:
 FERREIRA
Given Name:
 STEPHANUS
Initials:
 S
Service No:
 65949687E
Trade:
 Surgeon
Rank:
 Lieutenant Commander
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Regiment:
 South African Navy
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Unit:
 SAS Protea
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Date of Death:
 1975-03-04
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Date of Birth:
 1939-07-02
Age:
 35
Cause of Death:
 Died in Helicopter Accident, walked into the tail rotor of a Westland Wasp. This happened on Kergeulen Island while the SA Navy was supporting a team of mountaineers attempting to climb Mont Ross, a peak on the island.
Additional
Information:
Husband of C. F. J. Ferreira, of Simonstown.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Eastern Cape
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Cemetery:
 PORT ELIZABETH (FOREST HILL) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Section 15, Row H, Number 32S

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