In Memory Of
SCHRONEN, DERICK JOHN
Service Details
Age:
18
Date of Birth:
1965-04-02
Service No:
81173254BG
Rank:
Rifleman
Unit:
4 South African Infantry Battalion
Unit 2:
attd. 61 Mechanised Battalion Group
Regiment:
South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
1983-12-31
Cause of Death:
Killed in Action during Ops Askari in Southern Angola while attached to 61 Mechanised Battalion Group when a Soviet 82mm High Explosive Mortar Bomb landed and exploded on the Roll-bar of their Buffel Troop Carrier, spraying the inside of the vehicle with lethal shrapnel, killing them instantly
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Cremated. Ashes buried at Maitland Garden of Remembrance
Cemetery:
CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CREMATORIUM
Localitly:
Western Cape
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Schronen, of Bothasig, Cape Town.