In Memory Of

VOLLGRAAFF, GERHARD

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1956-02-01
Service No:
 72449325BC
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
Unit:
 2 Special Service Battalion
Regiment:
 South African Armoured Corps
Date of Death:
 1975-11-23
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in action during the Battle of Ebo. His armoured car was hit in the turret and he jumped out of the vehicle. A sniper shot him in the stomach and although he was taken to the hospital at Cela and was successfully operated on, he died later from complications.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 KANONEILAND (BLAAUWSKOP) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Northern Cape
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. H. J. Vollgraaff, of Kanoneiland.