In Memory Of
SOPHIA, ERNESTO
Service Details
Service No:
76927961SP
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit:
32 (Buffalo) Battalion
Unit 2:
Army
Regiment:
South West African Territory Force
Date of Death:
1980-09-05
Cause of Death:
Sophia was taken by a crocodile while swimming / paddling in the Kavango river during R&R. ( Killed by friendly fire (Operation Vastrap))
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
OLD SEC 153
Cemetery:
KIMBO CEMETERY, BUFFALO
Localitly:
Caprivi
Country:
Namibia
Additional Information
ref "Die Buffel Struikel" by LJ Bothma