Service Details
Name:
 OBBES
Given Name:
 GIDEON MARTHINUS FREDERICK
Initials:
 G M F
Service No:
 71463350BA
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 South African Armoured Corps
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Unit:
 2 Special Service Battalion
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Unit 2:
 "D" Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1975-11-24
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Date of Birth:
 1955-06-14
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during a contact with MPLA forces at a bridge 40 kms North-East of Novo Redondo in Angola. Two armoured cars were ordered forward but were met by a hail of bullets and shells. One Eland broke down and when the machine gun was hit and rendered unusable, Obbes jumped out of the turret and was mortally wounded.
Additional
Information:
Son of Wiebe and Maria Elizabeth Obbes, of Bellville.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 BELLVILLE (STIKLAND) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 United Sec. Grave 3519C

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