In Memory Of

HUMAN, ANDRIES PETRUS

Service Details
Age:
29
Date of Birth:
1948-07-30
Service No:
65383390BT
Rank:
Rifleman
Unit:
3 Parachute Battalion
Regiment:
South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
1978-05-04
Date of Death 2:
1980-01-22
Cause of Death:
Missing in Action, Ops Reindeer, raid on Cassinga, the greatest airborne raid on the continent of Africa in history
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Body not recovered
Cemetery:
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
Localitly:
Gauteng
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Husband of Rachel Human and father of Eugenie Human. Went missing during the initial assault jump, declared dead on 22 January 1980. It is suspected he landed in the Culonga River and drowned, weighed down by his heavy equipment. ***Update 14 April 2018, the location of his remains may have been found. https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/the-lord-answered-my-prayers-family-of-sa-paratrooper-relieved-that-his-remains-are-coming-home-after-40-years-20180414