Service Details
Name:
 SOPHIA
Given Name:
 ERNESTO
Initials:
 E
Service No:
 76927961SP
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South West African Territory Force
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Unit:
 32 (Buffalo) Battalion
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Unit 2:
 Army
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Date of Death:
 1980-09-05
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Cause of Death:
 Sophia was taken by a crocodile while swimming / paddling in the Kavango river during R&R. ( Killed by friendly fire (Operation Vastrap))
Additional
Information:
ref "Die Buffel Struikel" by LJ Bothma
Commemoration
Country:
 Namibia
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Locality:
 Caprivi
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Cemetery:
 KIMBO CEMETERY, BUFFALO
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Grave Reference:
 OLD SEC 153

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