Service Details
Name:
 DEKKER
Given Name:
 NICOLAAS MARTHINUS
Initials:
 N M
Service No:
 77012292PE
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Ordnance Services Corps
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Date of Death:
 1978-11-23
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Date of Birth:
 1930-06-08
Age:
 48
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, killed by shrapnel at Potchefstroom Test Range when a G2 140mm Medium Gun High Explosive projectile exploded in the cannon barrel during testing
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. Rosina Elisabeth Dekker (nee Hattingh), of Links-Regs Street, Potchefstroom. He had a son and 2 daughters. Possibly buried in Zimbabwe. ref. "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 ROODEPOORT NEW CEMETERY
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