14 Julie 1983 sal nooit uit my gedagtes gaan nie. Die dag toe jou lewe weg geruk was. Naby Baken 53.

I was in the same platoon as cpl Bruwer and remember the claymore mine accident clearly. Rfn Groenewald was critically injured in the same incident. We were on the Angolan border and had set up claymore mines. Someone decided platoons had to change positions. Terrible descision. Just before the chopper landed another mine was accidentally detonated. We lost a brave soldier that day and two others were seriously injured. We heard the explosion and were only a few hundred meters away.
Rest in peace cpl!!