Service Details
Name:
 TRUEBODY
Given Name:
 HERBERT CHARLES
Initials:
 H C
Service No:
 74560475BG
Rank:
 Corporal
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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:
 1978-05-04
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Date of Birth:
 1958-10-05
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Ops Reindeer, during enemy engagements. His Eland Armoured car was struck by a 82mm mortar bomb which struck at the location of its anti-aircraft gun. The driver of the car was injured and had to be evacuated. (ref. "Move the Border" by Marius Scheepers)
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. C. T. Truebody. Educated Centaurus High School in Windhoek
Commemoration
Country:
 Namibia
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Cemetery:
 WINDHOEK CREMATORIUM
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Grave Reference:
 Cremated - Ashes scattered in Garden of Remembrance

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