In Memory Of

VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, HANS JURGENS

Service Details
Age:
 32
Date of Birth:
 1955-09-08
Service No:
 80575046BT
Rank:
 Gunner
Unit:
 Regiment Potchefstroom University
Regiment:
 South African Artillery
Date of Death:
 1988-03-29
Cause of Death:
 Died in Shooting Incident, accidentally killed with his rifle while on a re-supply mission with a supply truck (SAMIL-100) in Angola during operations against the MPLA in Cuito Cuanavale. 40 km East of Luengue. While on the way to fetch water, he bent down and his webbing caught on the trigger of his R4, which fired 3 rounds automatic, killing him.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 I AB 80
Cemetery:
 STILFONTEIN CEMETERY
Localitly:
 North West Province
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Husband of Mrs. C. W. van der Westhuizen, of Welkom.