In Memory Of

LOTZE, THOM DU TOIT

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1956-09-25
Service No:
 72428725BC
Rank:
 Rifleman
Unit:
 2 South African Infantry Battalion
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1975-12-10
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in a contact with the enemy. He was part of a patrol sent out to clear a road which ran parallel to the Nhia River in Angola. Sent North over the Nhia river to scout the area around small Kraaltjie where Cubans and MPLA had dug in. Late in the afternoon they were in contact with two Cubans and was killed in this incident. D Marais was critically wounded. Both Cubans were killed in the incident. This was during the Battle at Bridge 14. On the 11 December to rescue the other men in the section, sadly one man that they carried back D Marais who died later that night in Cela hospital.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 03
Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Brother of Mrs. J. Snyman, of Cape Town.