VAN ECK, Johannes Frederick

Age 36

Description
Was severely injured when the vehicle in which he was travelling with his family and friends detonated a landmine on a game farm near Messina, Transvaal, on 15 December 1985. Four children and two women were killed and five people were injured in what was part of an ANC landmine campaign aimed at military patrols in the rural border regions. Three MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/093). See ANC landmine campaign.