In Memory Of
ZEELIE, FREDDIE JOHANNES
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
1952-02-14
Service No:
68343599PE
Rank:
Lieutenant
Regiment:
1 Reconnaissance Regiment
Date of Death:
1974-06-23
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at Bwabwata Western Caprivi. While under attack by machine gun fire, he stormed the emplacements and overpowered one gun crew and forced the other to retreat. He was killed in the process
Commemoration
Cemetery:
ALBERTON CEMETERY
Localitly:
Gauteng
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Decorations:
Louw Wepener Decoration (Posthumous)
Citations:
Awarded 6 December 1974 - "Lieutenant Zeelie single-handedly stormed an enemy position."
First official Border War death
