In Memory Of

FERREIRA, STEPHANUS

Service Details
Age:
 35
Date of Birth:
 1939-07-02
Service No:
 65949687E
Rank:
 Lieutenant Commander
Unit:
 SAS Protea
Regiment:
 South African Navy
Date of Death:
 1975-03-04
Cause of Death:
 Died in Helicopter Accident, walked into the tail rotor of a Westland Wasp. This happened on Kergeulen Island while the SA Navy was supporting a team of mountaineers attempting to climb Mont Ross, a peak on the island.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Section 15, Row H, Number 32S
Cemetery:
 PORT ELIZABETH (FOREST HILL) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Eastern Cape
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Husband of C. F. J. Ferreira, of Simonstown.