Service Details
Name:
 SWANEPOEL
Given Name:
 GIDEON DANIEL
Initials:
 G D
Service No:
 43721
Rank:
 Warrant Officer Class I
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Regiment:
 South African Medical Corps
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Unit:
 10 Field Amb.
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Date of Death:
 1941-12-09
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Age:
 34
Cause of Death:
 Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason)
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 30 December 1941 pg. 7364
Additional
Information:
Son of Jan Hermanus and Adriana Margaretha Swanepoel. Husband of Margaret Etheline Swanepoel, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born Johannesburg. An electric unit driver
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 145.

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