Service Details
Name:
 SHITALENI
Given Name:
 JOHANNES
Initials:
 J
Rank:
 Special Constable
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Regiment:
 South West African Police
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Unit:
 South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET)
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Date of Death:
 1981-12-13
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Age:
 33
Cause of Death:
 Died in Military Vehicle Accident, two members from the South-West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K (Koevoet) were accidentally killed when their Casspir vehicle overturned during operations in Northern Owamboland
Additional
Information:
ref. "The Covert War" by Peter Stiff
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Unknown
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Cemetery:
 UNKNOWN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Likely buried in Namibia - Alternative Commemoration until grave found

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