In Memory Of

ELS, ANDRIES PETRUS

Service Details
Age:
 52
Date of Birth:
 1925-12-06
Service No:
 05079876PE
Rank:
 Major
Unit:
 400 Airfield Maintenance Unit; Sector 70 Headquarters
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1978-02-19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in a contact with the enemy, at Katima Mulilo. While returning from a church service at a nearby village, his vehicle was struck by a RPG
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Grave 964.
Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Husband of Mrs. P. G. Els, of Diamant Road, Lyttelton. ref. 85 years of SAAF