In Memory Of

LEONHARDT, PETER ALFONS ERNST

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1951-06-28
Service No:
 67327700N
Rank:
 Rifleman
Unit:
 5 South African Infantry Battalion
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1970-09-13
Cause of Death:
 Died in Military Vehicle Accident, while being transported in a Gladiator Troop Carrier back to Ladysmith Army Camp. Their vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with a Newspaper Delivery Van between Colesburg and Philippolis and the vehicle immediately burst into flames with the men still trapped inside and unable to escape
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 LUTHERAN CHURCH CEMETERY, HILLCREST
Localitly:
 Kwazulu Natal
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. P. H. J. Leonhardt