Service Details
Name:
 LELONG
Given Name:
 STEVEN ERIC
Initials:
 S E
Service No:
 84506179BG
Trade:
 Acting Section Leader
Rank:
 Sapper
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Regiment:
 1 Parachute Battalion
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Unit:
 Combat Engineering Unit
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Date of Death:
 1988-02-22
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Date of Birth:
 1968-09-12
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died in a friendly fire incident in Sector 10. A team of combat engineers were mistakenly ambushed by 102 Bn Reaction Force. Spr Lelong died from 60mm mortar shrapnel wounds.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. R. Lelong, of Queensburgh.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Kwazulu Natal
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Cemetery:
 QUEENSBURGH CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Cremation Niche

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