Service Details
Name:
 BOUCHER
Given Name:
 WILLIAM HENDRIK
Initials:
 W H
Service No:
 70459615BT
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 95 Tactical Air Unit
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Date of Death:
 1976-12-13
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Date of Birth:
 1954-02-15
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, his unit was guarding the Ondangwa Base in Namibia. The tent of the Security Officer caught alight from an electrical short circuit. The tent next to it was beginning to smoulder and Boucher grabbed and activated a CO2 fire extinguisher to cool the tent. The extinguisher exploded as an incorrect cartridge had been fitted when it was serviced and he was killed
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. W. H. Boucher
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 04

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