Service Details
Name:
 TRUTER
Given Name:
 LEONARD (CHUNKIE)
Initials:
 L
Service No:
 73484347BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 1 Parachute Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1981-01-15
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Date of Birth:
 1957-09-30
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during a fierce contact with a numerically superior FAPLA and SWAPO/PLAN force while supporting 32 Battalion during the Battle of Cuamato in Southern Angola. The Paratroopers had retreated in order to re-group when they were subjected to heavy enemy mortar fire. He was mortally wounded in the neck by shrapnel and died in his mates arms
Additional
Information:
Son of Cornelis Brink, of the Strand and Lorraine Vi (nee Stemmet) Truter, of Sea Point, Cape Town.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 STRAND (GOEDE HOOP) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 B1

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