Service Details
Name:
 DE VILLIERS
Given Name:
 JOHAN
Initials:
 J
Service No:
 68000967PE
Rank:
 Commandant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 HQ, Pretoria
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Date of Death:
 1983-05-20
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Date of Birth:
 1933-11-21
Age:
 49
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, a powerful car bomb placed by MK Operatives outside the Air Force Headquarters building in Church Street, Pretoria, exploded during the afternoon rush-hour period killing 7 SADF members and 10 civilians. Another 197 SADF personnel and civilians were wounded in the explosion that also killed the two MK Operatives who had placed the bomb
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. J. C. de Villiers
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 1220.

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