Service Details
Name:
 MOMBERG
Given Name:
 CHRISTIAAN PETRUS
Initials:
 C P
Service No:
 W404222W
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South West African Police
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Unit:
 South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET)
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Date of Death:
 1987-02-25
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, critically wounded in the head during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland on 23 February 1987, during Counter-insurgency duty in South West Africa. Member of Koevoet. He was evacuated to Eenhana where he later lapsed into a coma prior to being evacuated to 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria. He remained on life support until declared brain dead on 25 February 1987
Additional
Information:
ref. Gallantry Awards of the South African Police 1913-1994
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 VANDERBIJLPARK CEMETERY
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