Service Details
Name:
 SCHONFELDT
Given Name:
 RINTY
Initials:
 R
Service No:
 W991
Trade:
 Tracker
Rank:
 Dog
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 SADF Horse & Dog Centre
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Date of Death:
 1975-11-14
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Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by enemy machine gun fire when their patrol walked into a PLAN ambush during a night-time follow-up operation tracking fresh insurgent spoor in the Eastern Caprivi
Additional
Information:
He was a member of the Tactical Platoon of the SADF Horse and Dog Centre, based at M'pacha in the Caprivi during his death. His Tracker dog full particulars are: Name - Rinty no.W991. Both handler and dog were killed in a night time follow-up operation tracking fresh SWAPO tracks in the Eastern Caprivi and ending up in an ambush. His Platoon commander at the Dog School was Capt. GH Grobler, and his Instructor was Cpl J Rocher.
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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