In Memory Of

COETZEE, IGNATIUS PHILIPPUS

Service Details
Age:
 18
Date of Birth:
 1958-07-26
Service No:
 74542929
Rank:
 Rifleman
Regiment:
 SAMS Training Unit
Date of Death:
 1976-10-24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, landmine, during Ops Ovambo. Nearing the end of a patrol, near Eenhana, the sniffer dog stopped to rest and Coetzee carried on walking and he stepped on a booby trapped anti-vehicle mine (probably something like a Cheese mine or a TM46).
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Block 15, Grave 647 or 847
Cemetery:
 BLOEMFONTEIN (SOUTHPARK) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Free State
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. J. J. Coetzee, of Bloemfontein.