In Memory Of

ENGELBRECHT, BAREND KRUGER

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1957-09-04
Service No:
 73372815BA
Rank:
 Sapper
Unit:
 2 Engineer Regiment
Regiment:
 South African Corps of Engineers
Date of Death:
 1976-11-10
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, drowned, at Bethlehem while carrying out a river crossing exercise when he disappeared under the water. His body was subsequently recovered and the subsequent post-mortem confirmed that drowning was not the cause of death but that he had actually suffered a fatal heart attack during the exercise
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Alternative Commemoration until grave found
Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Barend Johannes and Aletta Johanna Englebrecht. Born Vredendal.