Service Details
Name:
 FURSTENBURG
Given Name:
 JAN PIETER ALBERTUS
Initials:
 J P A
Service No:
 69206464PE
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 4 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1977-09-29
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Date of Birth:
 1953-04-11
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Died in Friendly Fire Incident, during an ambush. Just after 2am on that day, four members from the 4 SAI were killed by friendly fire at Okalongo, when a soldier watching the rear of the ambush position suddenly turned around and opened fire on his fellow soldiers
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. Johannes Cornelius Furstenburg. ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood). Amendments from "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Mpumalanga
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Cemetery:
 MIDDELBURG (FONTEIN STREET) CEMETERY
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