In Memory Of

OBBES, GIDEON MARTHINUS FREDERICK

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1955-06-14
Service No:
 71463350BA
Rank:
 Trooper
Unit:
 2 Special Service Battalion
Unit 2:
 "D" Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Armoured Corps
Date of Death:
 1975-11-24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during a contact with MPLA forces at a bridge 40 kms North-East of Novo Redondo in Angola. Two armoured cars were ordered forward but were met by a hail of bullets and shells. One Eland broke down and when the machine gun was hit and rendered unusable, Obbes jumped out of the turret and was mortally wounded.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 United Sec. Grave 3519C
Cemetery:
 BELLVILLE (STIKLAND) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Western Cape
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Wiebe and Maria Elizabeth Obbes, of Bellville.