In Memory Of

CLOETE, LEON ALBERTUS

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 86475936PS
Rank:
 Captain
Unit:
 19 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1996-04-02
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Aloutte III #631, crashed near Whiskey Creek, Long Tom Pass, in Mpumalanga
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Cremated - Ashes at the Kragga Kamma NG Kerk Memorial Wall, Port Elizabeth
Cemetery:
 CREMATED
Localitly:
 Eastern Cape
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Leon and Maizie Cloete of Sunridge Park; brother: Anton; sister Corliet Conradie. Capt. Cloete went to Hoerskool Framesby. After training at Dunotter and Langebaan, he chose Alouettes over the Oryx and went to Bloemspruit. He did pamphlet drops over Mozambiqe in the 1995 elections. While in school he represented Eastern Province in cross country races. Funeral service at NGK Kraggakamma.