In Memory Of

SCHONFELDT, RINTY

Service Details
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 W991
Rank:
 Dog
Unit:
 SADF Horse & Dog Centre
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1975-11-14
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by enemy machine gun fire when their patrol walked into a PLAN ambush during a night-time follow-up operation tracking fresh insurgent spoor in the Eastern Caprivi
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Alternative Commemoration until grave found
Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
He was a member of the Tactical Platoon of the SADF Horse and Dog Centre, based at M'pacha in the Caprivi during his death. His Tracker dog full particulars are: Name - Rinty no.W991. Both handler and dog were killed in a night time follow-up operation tracking fresh SWAPO tracks in the Eastern Caprivi and ending up in an ambush. His Platoon commander at the Dog School was Capt. GH Grobler, and his Instructor was Cpl J Rocher.