Service Details
Name:
 BLIGNAUT
Given Name:
 GERHARDUS DANIEL
Initials:
 G D
Service No:
 77518975BG
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 6 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1983-05-04
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Date of Birth:
 1961-09-10
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, after suffering gunshot wounds when his patrol walked into a SWAPO ambush in the early hours of 4 May 1983 near Rundu.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. J. A. Blignaut.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 PRETORIA (ZANDFONTEIN) CEMETERY
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