Service Details
Name:
 POND
Given Name:
 MARK ANTHONY
Initials:
 M A
Service No:
 82596321BG
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South West African Territory Force
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Unit:
 905 Special Service Company
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Date of Death:
 1985-05-11
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Date of Birth:
 1963-01-22
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Southern Angola. During the contact, a wounded insurgent had crawled under a dead tree trunk and opened fire on Mark at a range of approximately 5 metres, mortally wounding him in the chest. Despite every effort made to save him, he succumbed to his wounds before the casevac helicopter arrived
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. A. M. O'Donnel
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
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Grave Reference:
 Alternative Commemoration until grave found

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