In Memory Of

PRETORIUS, SHAWN

Service Details
Age:
 18
Date of Birth:
 1965-07-06
Service No:
 81065039BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
Unit:
 4 South African Infantry Battalion
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1983-12-27
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, multiple shrapnel wounds, received in an accidental hand grenade explosion inside a Ratel while in Southern Angola during Ops Askari. While debussing from the Ratel, one of the hand grenades he was carrying in his webbing got caught in the door and the pin was accidentally extracted. The grenade exploded and he was mortally wounded
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 ORKNEY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 North West Province
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
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