Service Details
Name:
 BOSSE
Given Name:
 JAMESON
Initials:
 J
Service No:
 80526940BG
Rank:
 Gunner
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Regiment:
 South African Artillery Corps
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Unit:
 4 Field Regiment
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Date of Death:
 1983-03-06
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Date of Birth:
 1963-09-01
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, while on guard duty with Gnr. C.F. Bezuidenhout 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:
Son of Mrs. J. Bosse. Western Transvaal colours in Cricket and Rugby. Grew up with Gnr. C.F. Bezuidenhout as best friends, and had no family (having been brought up together in a childcare facility)
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 CARLETONVILLE (WEST WITS) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 D8

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