In Memory Of

DE WILZEM, CHRISTIAAN LOUIS

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1957-08-19
Service No:
 73508434PR
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
Unit 2:
 attd. "D" Sqdn. Rhodesian Special Air Service
Regiment:
 5 Reconnaissance Regiment
Date of Death:
 1978-01-04
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during counter-insurgency operations in Mocambique as part of Operation Melon (SADF Name (Operation Acrobat). They were attached to "D" Squadron Rhodesian Special Air Service when their patrol walked into 30-man strong Frelimo ambush in the Gaza Province of Mozambique
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 2535
Cemetery:
 KEMPTON PARK (ZUURFONTEIN) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. C. J. De Wilzem, of Allen Grove, Kempton Park. ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood)