Service Details
Name:
 BASSON
Given Name:
 GABRIEL JOHANNES JACOBUS
Initials:
 G J J
Service No:
 66327941PE
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 4 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1979-05-03
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Date of Birth:
 1950-12-21
Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, drowned when the boat in which he was traveling struck an underwater obstruction and he fell overboard, about 100 kms west of Rundu, on the Kavango River
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Basson. Husband of Mrs. E. Basson, of Standerton.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Mpumalanga
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Cemetery:
 STANDERTON (LOMBARD) CEMETERY
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