28 September, let us pause for a minute to remember these young men from our Generation who answered the Sunset call.
28 Sep 1984: 78444866PE Corporal Petrus Johannes Du Plessis from 1 Special Service Battalion died after being grievously burned in an accidental petrol stove explosion at Oshakati while the armoured vehicles were in a laager. He was 22.
28 Sep 1988: 87066502CK Rifleman Rionell Prins from 53 Battalion was accidentally killed after being struck by a bullet resulting from an accidental discharge of a fellow soldier’s rifle during operations in Southern Angola. He was 20.
Their names and sacrifice have not been forgotten.