11 September, let us pause for a minute to remember the following young men from our Generation who answered the Sunset call.
11 Sep 1974: 05128004E Warrant Officer Class II Olaf Volmer Jensen from 2 SAI Died of Wounds at the hospital at Walvis Bay after sustaining multiple shrapnel wounds in an accidental hand grenade explosion. He was 44.
11 Sep 1977: 76927011SP Rifleman Rodriques Pedro from 32 Battalion was accidentally killed in an anti-personnel landmine explosion while assisting to lay a minefield during an operation in Southern Angola. He was 32.
11 Sep 1977: 63166268KT Corporal Albertus Petrus van Zyl from the Tygerberg Commando was Killed in Action when his Buffel Troop Carrier detonated a landmine near Oshigambo. He was 31.
11 Sep 1983: 72232945BG 2/Lieutenant Deon De Villiers from 3 Medical Battalion Group was killed in a military vehicle accident in Bloemfontein. He was 26.
Their names and sacrifice have not been forgotten.