In Memory Of

WIGGELL, PETER NOEL (TIFFY)

Service Details
Age:
 25
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Corporal
Unit:
 Regiment Algoa Bay
Regiment:
 South African Technical Services Corps
Date of Death:
 1977-07-05
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during a contact with SWAPO insurgents while attached to Bravo Company Regiment Algoabaai
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Alternative Commemoration until grave found
Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Honoris Crux
Whilst attached to Bravo Company Regiment Algoabaai. It was during this period that one evening, his unit came under sustained mortar and machine gun fire. Corporal Tim Conway was fatally wounded by shrapnel during the opening engagement. With total disregard for his personal safety, "Tiffy" returned fire from an exposed position and simultaneously directed return mortar fire. For this, "Tiffy" was awarded the Honoris Crux. He was sadly killed in action, the following year.