In Memory Of

KOORTS, EWERT PHILLIPPUS

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1968-09-02
Service No:
 84247501BG
Rank:
 Corporal
Unit:
 8 South African Infantry Battalion
Unit 2:
 "G" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1988-06-27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during an air attack by MIG 23s on the Calueque dam (50km North of SWA border, Angola). His Buffel was hit by a parachute retarded bomb, killing all eight soldiers from 8 SAI. An Eland armoured car was also hit, killing all 3 crew members.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 TULBAGH CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Western Cape
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Koorts.