Brother Remember Me SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION #9/32

The Portuguese men who paid the highest price for their adopted country and the South African enlisted soldiers who died during the Border War and in South Africa fighting for a cause they believed in, are still remembered and honoured to this day.

The 32 Battalion Buffalo base cemetery where the fallen Portuguese soldiers and their families rest is not classified as a war grave cemetery and became a political issue for the Namibian government.

Social media and official documents have featured posts about the 32 Battalion soldiers’ deaths. Most of what is posted is based on information from the official South African Defence Force (SADF) casualties, 1946 to 1994, register. This document listed the SADF casualties over that period.

Most entries about 32 Battalion’s fallen in this register are correct, however some are also misleading or wrong. The cause of death, as recorded in the register, was conveyed to the families of how their loved ones had died and sometimes, it is not the truth of what really happened to the casualty.

The chapters in this book covers:

The history of both Buffalo and Pomfret cemeteries and the Buffalo cemetery register. The cemetery register reflects the grave number, name and cause of death of the 490 Portuguese men, woman and children buried in the Buffalo cemetery.

The list of enlisted men who lost their lives between 27 March 1976 to 26 March 1993 while serving with 32 Battalion. Information on each includes date of death, rank, name, military number, cause of death, and burial place.

The history of the Tree of Honour, the 32 Battalion monument. The names of the 136 men on the units Roll of Honour are on the monument. The incidents in which these men die dare described too.