In Memory Of
HOUGH, LEONARD PATRICK
Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
1961-05-11
Service No:
77375863BG
Rank:
Rifleman
Unit:
3 South African Infantry Battalion
Unit 2:
attd. 61 Mechanised Battalion Group
Regiment:
South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
1982-04-15
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, in contact with the enemy. Whilst on patrol the Lt sent out a section (1 Ratel) to follow a couple a tracks that the tracker had picked up. The Ratel hit an ambush just after 10am. By the time backup had formed up and went to their aid a group of soldiers had been killed.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Cremated at PMB on 23 Apr 1982. Ashes at Block G, 105 at the Mountain Rise Cemetery.
Cemetery:
PIETERMARITZBURG (MOUNTAIN RISE) CEMETERY
Localitly:
Kwazulu Natal
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Hough, of Pietermaritzburg.