In Memory Of

DA COSTA, ALMERINDO MOURAO

Service Details
Age:
 35
Date of Birth:
 1944-08-19
Service No:
 75014688PE
Rank:
 Staff Sergeant
Regiment:
 1 Reconnaissance Regiment
Date of Death:
 1980-02-25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, officially reported missing during a Special Forces undercover operation at an undisclosed destination after his team walked into an enemy ambush while en-route to destroy a designated enemy target. It is, however, suspected that he actually died in a clandestine operation in Gwelo, Rhodesia, while attempting to use mines to blow up the Mambo Press offices. The mine detonated prematurely and there was nothing to recover from his body. He was a former member of the Portuguese FLECHAS, an elite unit of the DGS in Angola. He has no known grave and remains unaccounted for.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Body not recovered - Panel 07
Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Decorations:
 P M M
Husband of Mrs. E. S. Da Costa