In Memory Of

STRYDOM, KAREL CHRISTIAAN

Service Details
Age:
 33
Date of Birth:
 1944-04-26
Service No:
 68986223KT
Rank:
 Corporal
Unit:
 Klein Karoo Commando
Regiment:
 South African Commandos
Date of Death:
 1977-10-17
Cause of Death:
 Died in Shooting Incident, at Nkurenkuru, while on patrol. Although orders had been given that nobody leaves the area where the patrol was camped without notifying the sentries, he moved out of the area and when he returned he was shot in the stomach by the sentry who mistook him for a intruder. He died before medical help arrived
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 WILLOWMORE CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Eastern Cape
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Husband of Mrs. M. S. Strydom, of Gammakloof, Willowmore.