In Memory Of

BARNARD, EDDIE JAMES

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1962-12-29
Service No:
 78310109BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
Unit:
 4 South African Infantry Battalion
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1982-05-01
Cause of Death:
 Died in Shooting Incident, was critically wounded by a fellow soldier while on duty in Northern Owamboland. A soldier was in the process of making his R4 rifle safe while standing next to a Buffel Troop carrier and Eddie Barnard, who was in the rear of the Buffel, was leaning over the side watching him when the shot went off, critically wounding him in the head. Although evacuated by helicopter, he succumbed to his wounds later in the day in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital at AFB Ondangwa
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 GERMISTON (SOUTHPARK) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mrs. M. du Preez, of Germiston.