In Memory Of

KRUGER, OCKERT PETRUS

Service Details
Age:
 18
Date of Birth:
 1963-02-07
Service No:
 79241576BG
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
Unit:
 1 Special Service Battalion
Regiment:
 South African Armoured Corps
Date of Death:
 1982-01-20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in Northern Ovamboland, together with his twin brother and another Trooper during Operation Handsak, when they detonated an anti-personnel landmine which had been planted on top of an anti-tank landmine. They were inspecting a Buffel of the Support Troop which had hit a landmine while out on patrol the previous day
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 BLOEMFONTEIN (IN MEMORIAM) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Free State
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Kruger. His twin brother also died in service the same day