In Memory Of

HARMSE, DESMOND BRIAN

Service Details
Age:
 46
Date of Birth:
 1929-03-03
Service No:
 01217066PE
Rank:
 Colonel
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1975-10-29
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Beechcraft Baron. He had been detached on special duties as he spoke Portugese. The plane, known as "Dinky Toy" was supplied by UNITA and had been checked out by SAAF personel at Rundu. It was busy with aerial observations for Battlegroup Foxbat in the Silva Porta area of Angola when it crashed, 6km north of Norton de Matos. The SADF investigation team could not determine the exact cause of the crash
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Grave 853
Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Husband of Mrs. C. J. Harmse, of Pretoria. ref. 85 years of SAAF