In Memory Of

BEZUIDENHOUT, CHRISTO FRANCOIS

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1962-03-20
Service No:
 79576542BG
Rank:
 Gunner
Unit:
 61 Mechanised Battalion Group
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1983-03-06
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, on guard duty with Gnr. J. Bosse on a farm near Tsumeb, well below the danger line. A small band of terrorists sneaked up on the two and shot them at point blank range.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 HA12
Cemetery:
 POTCHEFSTROOM CEMETERY
Localitly:
 North West Province
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Western Transvaal colours in Cricket and Rugby. Grew up with Gnr. J. Boose as best friends, and had no family (having been brought up together in a childcare facility). N-O-K given as Mrs. M. L. Schultz