01 December, let us pause to remember these young men from our Generation who answered the Sunset call.
01 Dec 1975: Rifleman Petrus Jacobus Venter from 11 Commando Regiment Died of Wounds received during the Battle of Bridge 14 after being hit in the chest by hostile small arms fire. He was evacuated to the forward surgical hospital at Cela where he later succumbed to his wounds. He was 19.
01 Dec 1978: 74313552BB Lance Corporal Lionel Ashley Roe from Air Force Base Waterkloof was killed in a military vehicle accident at Waterkloof. He was 20.
01 Dec 1980: Rifleman Johan Nothnagel from 1 Parachute Battalion was killed in a private motor vehicle accident while on weekend pass. He was 19.
01 Dec 1989: Two members from the South African Air Force Kippan Control and Reporting Post at Mafeking were killed instantly while travelling home on leave when their private motorcycle was involved in a head-on collision with a truck at Buhrmansdrift. The casualties were:
85448116PE Corporal Hendrik Willem Fourie. He was 20.
Private Kevin de Kiwiet. He was 19.
Their names and sacrifice have not been forgotten.