In Memory Of

HARMSE, BARTHOLOMEUS

Service Details
Age:
 29
Date of Birth:
 1945-10-14
Service No:
 W56732R
Rank:
 Constable
Regiment:
 South African Police
Date of Death:
 1974-11-19
Cause of Death:
 Died in Training Accident, training exercise while serving in Rhodesia, when an expended 60mm mortar bomb illuminating casing that had just been fired, struck him in the back as it fell back down to earth. He succumbed to his injuries two hours later. He was part of C/S 43, based at Kadzi River Camp, in the Dande Tribal Trust Land, Sipolilo, Rhodesia.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 6. 114
Cemetery:
 PRETORIA (HEATHERDALE) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
ref. Gallantry Awards of the South African Police 1913-1994