In Memory Of

SOPHIA, ERNESTO

Service Details
Age:
 31
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 76927961SP
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
Unit:
 32 (Buffalo) Battalion
Regiment:
 South West African Territory Force
Date of Death:
 1980-09-05
Cause of Death:
 Died in Friendly Fire Incident, accidentally killed in Southern Angola during Operation Vastrap. During a brief contact the platoon commander had lost his pistol, and when some of the troops returned later to look for it, they walked straight into one of their own stopper groups that did not recognise them and opened fire
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 OLD SEC 153
Cemetery:
 KIMBO CEMETERY, BUFFALO
Localitly:
 Caprivi
Country:
 Namibia
Additional Information
ref. "Die Buffel Struikel" by L. J. Bothma