In Memory Of

BOUCHER, WILLIAM HENDRIK

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 1954-02-15
Service No:
 70459615BT
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
Unit:
 95 Tactical Air Unit
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1976-12-13
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, his unit was guarding the Ondangwa Base in Namibia. The tent of the Security Officer caught alight from an electrical short circuit. The tent next to it was beginning to smoulder and Boucher grabbed and activated a CO2 fire extinguisher to cool the tent. The extinguisher exploded as an incorrect cartridge had been fitted when it was serviced and he was killed
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 04
Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. W. H. Boucher