Service Details
Name:
 DAWSON
Given Name:
 WILLIAM ROBERT
Initials:
 W R
Service No:
 77336790BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 5 South African Infantry Battalion
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Unit 2:
 attd. 54 Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1982-01-28
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Date of Birth:
 1961-02-13
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents during operations on the Cut-line in Northern Owamboland.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Dawson, of Ezulwini, Swaziland.
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:
 Alternative Commemoration until grave found

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