Service Details
Name:
 BENECKE
Given Name:
 MELVIN ASHLEY
Initials:
 M A
Service No:
 83249417BG
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 1 Parachute Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1987-09-06
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Date of Birth:
 1967-12-15
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in Action during a contact with insurgents in Sector 20, Kavangoland, North Eastern South West Africa / Namibia
Additional
Information:
Son of Desmond Julius Benecke and Georgeanna Ophelia Nell
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Eastern Cape
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Cemetery:
 ALICEDALE CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 A2
Volunteer Information
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Ian Paxton
Ian Paxton
Ian Paxton

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