In Memory Of
FURSTENBURG, JAN PIETER ALBERTUS
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
1953-04-11
Service No:
69206464PE
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
4 South African Infantry Battalion
Regiment:
South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
1977-09-29
Cause of Death:
Died in Friendly Fire Incident, during an ambush. Just after 2am on that day, four members from the 4 SAI were killed by friendly fire at Okalongo, when a soldier watching the rear of the ambush position suddenly turned around and opened fire on his fellow soldiers
Commemoration
Cemetery:
MIDDELBURG (FONTEIN STREET) CEMETERY
Localitly:
Mpumalanga
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. Johannes Cornelius Furstenburg. ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood). Amendments from "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.
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