In Memory Of
WESSELS, JOHN ANDREW
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
1958-02-22
Service No:
80023898PP
Rank:
Sergeant
Regiment:
44 Parachute Regiment
Date of Death:
1982-08-18
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, 40 miles inside Matabeleland during Operation Drama, a clandestine mission into Zimbabwe.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Body not recovered
Cemetery:
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
Localitly:
Gauteng
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
According to news reports at the time, the bodies "were disposed of" by the Zimbabwean Government as the relatives did not claim them.
