In Memory Of

REYNEKE, JOHANNES GERHARDUS

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1962-05-27
Service No:
 78532413BG
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
Unit:
 4 South African Infantry Battalion
Unit 2:
 attd. 53rd Bn. "A" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1982-01-19
Cause of Death:
 Reyneke was stationed at Etale, 18 km from the Angolan border. Assigned to an escort detail that was to protect a Water Works JCB that had the task of repairing the water pipeline between Charlie Tower at Engela hospital and Eenhana. On the way there the JCB got stuck in the mud on several occasions. Nel and his buddy (Reyneke), got off the armoured vehicle and stayed close to the JCB with the intention of assisting it through the mud whenever it got close to getting stuck. From this point on, the going was really good, until the JCB detonated a land mine with one of it's back wheels. Reyneke was killed instantly.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 3
Cemetery:
 MAKOPANE (OR POTGIETERSRUST) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Limpopo Province
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
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