Service Details
Name:
 COETZEE
Given Name:
 IGNATIUS PHILIPPUS
Initials:
 I P
Service No:
 74542929
Trade:
 Ops Medic
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 SAMS Training Unit
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Date of Death:
 1976-10-24
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Date of Birth:
 1958-07-26
Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, landmine, during Ops Ovambo. Nearing the end of a patrol, near Eenhana, the sniffer dog stopped to rest and Coetzee carried on walking and he stepped on a booby trapped anti-vehicle mine (probably something like a Cheese mine or a TM46).
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. J. J. Coetzee, of Bloemfontein.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Free State
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Cemetery:
 BLOEMFONTEIN (SOUTHPARK) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Block 15, Grave 647 or 847

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