In Memory Of
NIEMAND, NORMAN WALTER
Service Details
Age:
19
Date of Birth:
1964-01-21
Service No:
82475815BG
Rank:
Trooper
Unit:
1 Special Service Battalion
Unit 2:
attd. 61 Mechanised Battalion Group
Regiment:
South African Armoured Corps
Date of Death:
1983-12-28
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, when his Ratel 90 (call sign 33C) was struck by a Soviet 122mm BM-21 Katyusha Rocket during an enemy bombardment whilst in laager with an Artillery Section about 13 km East of Cahama, during Op Askari
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
A1
Cemetery:
DANIELSKUIL CEMETERY
Localitly:
Northern Cape
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Niemand, of Fichardtpark, Bloemfontein
