Service Details
Name:
 BEZUIDENHOUT
Given Name:
 CHRISTO FRANCOIS
Initials:
 C F
Service No:
 79576542BG
Rank:
 Gunner
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 61 Mechanised Battalion Group
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Date of Death:
 1983-03-06
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Date of Birth:
 1962-03-20
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, on guard duty with Gnr. J. Bosse on a farm near Tsumeb, well below the danger line. A small band of terrorists sneaked up on the two and shot them at point blank range.
Additional
Information:
Western Transvaal colours in Cricket and Rugby. Grew up with Gnr. J. Boose as best friends, and had no family (having been brought up together in a childcare facility). N-O-K given as Mrs. M. L. Schultz
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 North West Province
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Cemetery:
 POTCHEFSTROOM CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 HA12

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