Service Details
Name:
 BOCK
Given Name:
 JACOBUS GERT
Initials:
 J G
Service No:
 85099067
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 53 Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1988-11-13
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Date of Birth:
 1964-12-01
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Died from injuries received in a assault by members of the local population, outside the base. It would seem that he was AWOL for 3 hours. He died in 1 Mil Hospital of a skull fracture.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. E. Bock, of Upington.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Northern Cape
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Cemetery:
 UPINGTON MUNICIPAL CEMETERY
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