In Memory Of

VAN PAPENDORP, BURGERT van DYK

Service Details
Age:
 18
Date of Birth:
 1959-12-23
Service No:
 75381095BG
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 3 South African Infantry Battalion
Unit 2:
 attd. 52nd Battalion
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1978-10-28
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, at Ogongo base, trying to rescue civilian workers who succumbed to methane gas in an underground tunnel.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 B1
Cemetery:
 BREDASDORP NEW CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Western Cape
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Honoris Crux (Posthumous)
Citations:
 "At Ogongo Agricultural College in Ovamboland, a labourer went down into a sewage pit to clean it. His supervisor, Mr. Brown heard him fall into the water and climbed down to help him. Three Medical Service National Servicemen were in the area and tried to save them. None of them returned as all were overcome by fumes. The three, Ptes FJ Smith, JC Jooste and B van D van Papendorp were awarded Honoris Crux medals"
Son of Mr. L. C. van Papendorp