Quintino Abel (abt. 1956 - 1980)

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Biography

Quintino Abel was Missing in Action during South African Bush War 26 August 1966 - 15 January 1990.

LEST WE FORGET

Quintino Abel is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa

Birth

Name: Quintino Abel ^[1]

Event Date: 4 November 1956 ^[1]

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Military Info

Force number: 76928720SP ^[1]

Rank: Corporal ^[1]

Surname: Abel ^[1]

Names: Q. ^[1]

Regiment: Southwest African Territory Force ^[1]

Unit: 32 (Buffalo) Battalion ^[1]

Additional info: Nephew of T/Sergeant J. Alexander, 32 Battalion, Buffalo Base. Born Angola. ^[1]

Cemetery: South Africa, Transvaal, Pretoria, South African Defense Force wall of remembrance, Voortrekker monument, Pretoria. ^[1]

Death

Event Date: 15 November 1980 ^[1]

Age: 24 years ^[1]

Cause of death: Died in Animal Attack, killed by crocodile, at Buffalo Base (was reported missing when he disappeared after being attacked by a crocodile while swimming in the Okavango River near Buffalo Base. He has no known grave and remains unaccounted for). ^[1]

Grave

Event Place: Body not recovered - Panel 7 ^[1]

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1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13} South African War Graves Project Grave of Q Abel Seen and entered Nov 2023 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz