27 April, let us pause for a minute to remember the following young men from our Generation who answered the Sunset call.
27 April 1984: 79350286BG Corporal Reginald Patrick Briggs from 1 SWA SPES Unit, SWATF was critically injured when his Buffel Troop Carrier was involved in a collision with civilian vehicle on the Ondangwa-Oshivello road causing the Buffel to overturn. He was immediately evacuated to the Ondangwa hospital where he unfortunately died from severe internal injuries and internal bleeding. He was 20.
27 April 1984: 78417383BG Rifleman Glen Scott Maitland Clark from 5 SAI contracted malaria while on operations in South Eastern Angola and was admitted to the Rundu Sickbay where he unfortunately died. He was 21.
27 April 1987: Special Constable Stefanus Willem Kanghende from the South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (Koevoet) was Killed in Action during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN Insurgents in Northern Owamboland. He was 28.
Their names and sacrifice have not been forgotten.