In Memory Of

BARTIE, CECIL GEORGE

Service Details
Age:
 27
Date of Birth:
 1954-04-15
Service No:
 70265772 BG
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Regiment:
 South African Medical Health Service
Date of Death:
 1981-09-29
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Aerospatiale SA330L Puma C #174, crashed whilst bringing in casualties at night, at Oshakati after Operation Protea. It is said that Lamprecht was disorientated and guided the pilot incorrectly, thus the tail rotor caught in a barb-wire fence. Sgt Lamprecht (Flight Engineer), the co-pilot, Lt D O'Connor, several medics and a doctor as well as the casualty, tragically died. Only the pilot survived
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 BLOEMFONTEIN (SOUTHPARK) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Free State
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Cecil Oscar Bartie. Husband of Catheleen Victor Bartie, of Bloemfontein.