In Memory Of
LOURENS, CORNELIUS JOHANNES
Service Details
Age:
19
Date of Birth:
1958-04-07
Service No:
74382862BG
Rank:
Rifleman
Unit:
4 South African Infantry Battalion
Regiment:
South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
1977-09-29
Cause of Death:
Died in Friendly Fire Incident, during an ambush. Just after 2am on that day, four members from the 4 SAI were killed by friendly fire at Okalongo, when a soldier watching the rear of the ambush position suddenly turned around and opened fire on his fellow soldiers
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Row 197 Grave 10
Cemetery:
VRYHEID CEMETERY
Localitly:
Kwazulu Natal
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Cornelius Johannes Jakobus "Neels" Lourens and Anetta Lourens (nee Potgieter). ref. "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.
