In Memory Of

BRAZ, SIMAO DOMINGOS

Service Details
Age:
 27
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 76928100SP
Rank:
 Staff Sergeant
Unit:
 32 (Buffalo) Battalion
Regiment:
 South West African Territory Force
Date of Death:
 1980-06-04
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received south of Mutuanjamba (approx. 80km inside Angola) during first phase of Operation Sceptic, specifically area clearing and domination as well as establishment of tactical HQ at Mulemba.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 OLD SEC 143
Cemetery:
 KIMBO CEMETERY, BUFFALO
Localitly:
 Caprivi
Country:
 Namibia
Additional Information
Joao was badly wounded and Braz and Van Der Walt were killed when their patrol crossed a gravel road in the kill zone of a vehicle ambush. Large force of dug in SWAPO with mortars and machine guns were able to inflict casualties and pin the patrol down. Reinforcements dislodged the ambushing force, but were forced to secure the immediate area and attend to casualties rather than pursue the enemy. When 2Lt Van Der Walt was hit, Braz went to his aid and was hit multiple times by the same dug in PKM machine gun. Braz was alive when casevac arrived, but died moments later.