In Memory Of

MOMBERG, CHRISTIAAN PETRUS

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 W404222W
Rank:
 Sergeant
Unit:
 South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET)
Regiment:
 South West African Police
Date of Death:
 1987-02-25
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, critically wounded in the head during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland on 23 February 1987, during Counter-insurgency duty in South West Africa. Member of Koevoet. He was evacuated to Eenhana where he later lapsed into a coma prior to being evacuated to 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria. He remained on life support until declared brain dead on 25 February 1987
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 VANDERBIJLPARK CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
ref. Gallantry Awards of the South African Police 1913-1994