Service Details
Name:
 HOCHAPFEL
Given Name:
 CHARLES VERNON
Initials:
 C V
Service No:
 05483417PE
Rank:
 Commandant
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Regiment:
 SWA GYM
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Unit:
 attd. 101st Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1986-03-24
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Date of Birth:
 1941-09-18
Age:
 44
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, at 1 Military Hospital, received while on patrol with his men in a SWA-built Wolf mine-protected vehicle, they drove into an ambush. Sat with his head against the side of the passenger compartment, Charlie was fatally wounded when an Energa anti-tank rifle grenade struck the vehicle right where his head was. Of those evacuated to 1 Military Hospital, he was one of only a few who succumbed to his wounds. (Source General Georg Meiring).
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. E. M. Hochapfel
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 1332.

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