Service Details
Name:
 KEULDER
Given Name:
 GERRIT
Initials:
 G
Service No:
 71412837PE
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South West African Territory Force
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Unit:
 32 (Buffalo) Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1977-03-09
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Date of Birth:
 1955-12-14
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, whilst on patrol in Henombe area of Southern Angola. At Henombe, approximately 200 cattle were found and driven towards the SWA border, the idea being to take these cattle to the cattle farm at Omauni. A small PLAN force led by Denga Ndaitwah (recently retired Chief of the Namibian Defence Force) spotted the 32 Battalion patrol and hastily laid an ambush south of Henombe. In the short firefight, Lieutenant Keulder was mortally wounded and the PLAN force immediately withdrew. His body was carried out of the contact area before being airlifted out back to SWA. The 32 Battalion Patrol abandoned the cattle and returned to South West Africa on foot.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. A. J. Keulder, of Zeerust
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 North West Province
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Cemetery:
 ZEERUST MUNICIPAL CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 1215

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