In Memory Of

THERON, COENRAAD JACOBUS

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1958-07-04
Service No:
 74540378PE
Rank:
 Sergeant
Unit:
 32 (Buffalo) Battalion
Regiment:
 South West African Territory Force
Date of Death:
 1978-06-06
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in friendly fire incident on 6 May when 140mm artillery fired short near Namuidi (Operation Reindeer). Transferred to 1 Mil with shrapnel wounds and partial paralysis but relapsed and died on 6 June.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 BELLVILLE (STIKLAND) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Western Cape
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Theron, of Kuilsrivier. ref. "Die Buffel Struikel" by L. J. Bothma