In Memory Of
PATRICK, TIMOTHY SIMMONS
Service Details
Age:
18
Date of Birth:
1961-08-31
Service No:
77316404BG
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Unit:
32 (Buffalo) Battalion
Regiment:
South West African Territory Force
Date of Death:
1980-05-21
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, during special operation in support of UNITA at Savate, Angola, in a contact with the enemy. (Operation Tiro a Tiro). A phosphorus grenade on his webbing was struck and exploded
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Cremated at Pietermaritzburg
Cemetery:
32 BN TREE OF HONOUR, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
Localitly:
Gauteng
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of the late Mr. P. E. Patrick and Mrs. D. Hindle, of Pietermaritzburg.
