In Memory Of

LOUW, JACOBUS ABRAHAM SMUTS (KOSIE)

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1961-04-20
Service No:
 77407856BG
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
Unit:
 1 South African Infantry Battalion
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1981-01-26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, instantly when he detonated a booby-trapped Yugoslavian TMA-3 Cheese Mine while returning from a patrol on the Cut-line. The Platoon had set up three separate ambushes and were in the process of regrouping when he detonated mine. The sand was soft and wet at the time and it is thought that when he stepped in the mine, his weight activated the booby-trap anti-lift mechanism that was attached to the mine.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Black granite stone lying flat
Cemetery:
 DARLING CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Western Cape
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. J. H. Louw