In Memory Of

LABUSCHAGNE, BAREND JOHANNES

Service Details
Age:
 32
Date of Birth:
 1955-08-02
Service No:
 71504898
Rank:
 Warrant Officer Class II
Unit:
 3 Electronic Workshop
Regiment:
 South African Corps of Signals
Date of Death:
 1988-02-19
Cause of Death:
 Committed suicide, shot himself, with an R4 rifle, at Lomba. He was stationed at the Base Admin Area at Lomba, Angola, where he contracted malaria. Although he received treatment at Rundu, he returned to the Operational Area too soon. The base was subjected to an aerial attack and the stress, as well as depression, caused him to shoot himself. His death was officially regarded as a war casualty
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Grave 1411
Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Husband of Mrs. K. J. Labuschagne, of Luttig Street, Pretoria West. Father of Carel Pieterse (born Labuschagne) and Yolande Pieterse (born Labuschagne)