Service Details
Name:
 PATRICK
Given Name:
 TIMOTHY SIMMONS
Initials:
 T S
Service No:
 77316404BG
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:
 1980-05-21
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Date of Birth:
 1961-08-31
Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during special operation in support of UNITA at Savate, Angola, in a contact with the enemy. (Operation Tiro a Tiro). A phosphorus grenade on his webbing was struck and exploded
Additional
Information:
Son of the late Mr. P. E. Patrick and Mrs. D. Hindle, of Pietermaritzburg.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 32 BN TREE OF HONOUR, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
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Grave Reference:
 Cremated at Pietermaritzburg

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