In Memory Of

TRUTER, LEONARD (CHUNKIE)

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 1957-09-30
Service No:
 73484347BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
Regiment:
 1 Parachute Battalion
Date of Death:
 1981-01-15
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during a fierce contact with a numerically superior FAPLA and SWAPO/PLAN force while supporting 32 Battalion during the Battle of Cuamato in Southern Angola. The Paratroopers had retreated in order to re-group when they were subjected to heavy enemy mortar fire. He was mortally wounded in the neck by shrapnel and died in his mates arms
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 B1
Cemetery:
 STRAND (GOEDE HOOP) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Western Cape
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Cornelis Brink, of the Strand and Lorraine Vi (nee Stemmet) Truter, of Sea Point, Cape Town.