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[Barnard, E.J., Rfn]
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Number		 45
Surname Barnard  (40) Initals E.J. Views 884
Date 1982-04-30 (1) Date of Birth 1962-12-29 Corps ARMY
Year 1982 (201) Place Oshigambo, Namibia / Sector 10
Full Names Eddie James Military
Number		 78310109BG Death Age 19 (19)
Cause Shooting Incident Detail
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War BORDER SWA/Namibia Border War
Unit 4SAI (47)
4th South African Infantry
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Rifleman
Rank Rfn (1387)
Description Rifleman
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Will always remember Edds. The last time I saw him was when he handed over my post at Odwanga after coming back from 14 days pass, he went to visit my family while on pass, he told my parents not to worry but then he died a few weeks later due to shooting accident. He base was at Oshigambo at that stage. What a sad loss. So young.
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Gerald Alberts Gerald.Alberts@neotel.co.za 2012-07-12 08:21:42 Gravatar Image
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I remember: he was a friendly mortarist named barries, I was the barman, we were all innocent 18 year old kids not knowing we could die, his death was sudden and unreal
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paul paulb@urbanconcept.co.za 2011-06-15 15:14:35 Gravatar Image
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I remember buddies well ,we trained together in H company 4 sai ,after mortar training we where moved over to delta on 3 platoon company together .Our mortar troop split in half,the other half going over to c company,having completed training in September 1981 our company deployed to SWA .We as motars had a relatively easy going time when compared to our infantry brothers being base camp 81mm mortar home guards. In 1982 our 14 day pass came up and us mortars where sent in groups with the platoons heading state side buddies went along with one of the first groups and on his return came passed eco water  tower where a group of 4 sai ,and myself where deployed, he was in good spirit having just arrived from the airport,having left eco tower the group buddies found himself with where routed  to a potential contact site ,on arrival ,from what news came back via radio and the personal that where with buddies, contact was made with a group of swapo having a beer at a mud hut come beer hall ,having arrived at the scene in buffels the group gave chase on foot later returning to the vehicles buddies was apparently leaning over the side of the buffle  (vehicle)  he had being in on arrival,a member on the ground ,making his weapon safe let a round off ,this hit buddies ,choppers arrived to take buddies to ondungwa  but it was already to late,he passed away later that night.I never got to say goodbye that day to Eddie.so young so fucking wrong REST IN PEACE my old friend
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E hardman hardman@telkomsa.net 2012-06-28 09:26:24 Gravatar Image
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Stumbled onto this site by accident. I was next to him on that buffel when it happened. We were the guys on foot chasing and when we got back the buffels arrived with some guys on board. I was put up there with the MAG to cover the area and some guy on the ground (from base camp, not a member of the group chasing), was given an instruction by some corporal (also from base camp) to make his rifle safe. We could not believe it, in a contact zone and this guy was told to make safe by some corporal from base! I was actually staring at this guy when he let the round off, and Barnard was hit. The rest is history. Dont know what else to say, what a waste. So sorry.
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John john@leslie.co.za 2012-07-10 07:48:13 Gravatar Image
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