In Memory Of

DU TOIT, JOHANNES HENDRIK

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 1954-11-28
Service No:
 72570187PE
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 1 Recce Commando
Regiment:
 5th Reconnaissance Regiment
Date of Death:
 1978-02-11
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. While busy with operations against FRELIMO in the Madulo Pan area, Gaza Province during Op Acrobat / Melon, he was shot during a contact.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 HOPEFIELD CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Western Cape
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. P. J. du Toit. "D" Sqdn. Rhodesian SAS No 5559869. ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood). Amendments from "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder. ref."the Silent War" by Peter Stiff.