Service Details
Name:
 ZEELIE
Given Name:
 FREDDIE JOHANNES
Initials:
 F J
Service No:
 68343599PE
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 1 Reconnaissance Regiment
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Date of Death:
 1974-06-23
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Date of Birth:
 1952-02-14
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Bwabwata Western Caprivi. While under attack by machine gun fire, he stormed the emplacements and overpowered one gun crew and forced the other to retreat. He was killed in the process
Decorations:
 Louw Wepener Decoration (Posthumous)
Citations:
 Awarded 6 December 1974 - "Lieutenant Zeelie single-handedly stormed an enemy position."
Additional
Information:
First official Border War death
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 ALBERTON CEMETERY
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