In Memory Of

WILLEMSE, ALFRED ROBERT

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1956-04-01
Service No:
 72372642BA
Rank:
 Sapper
Unit:
 2 Field Engineer Regiment
Regiment:
 South African Corps of Engineers
Date of Death:
 1975-12-11
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, during the Battle of Bridge 14 in December 1975 during Operation Savannah. He was critically wounded in the head when the Bridge building team was attacked by Cuban Infantry. Despite the best efforts from his comrades to keep him alive, he succumbed to his wounds a short while later while on the casevac helicopter flight to the SADF Surgical Hospital located at Cela.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 GELUKSBURG CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Kwazulu Natal
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. A. R. Willemse, of Geluksburg.