Service Details
Name:
 DIPPENAAR
Given Name:
 CECIL RHODES
Initials:
 C R
Service No:
 81245854BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 7 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1984-04-17
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Date of Birth:
 1965-02-16
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Accidentally killed, suffered multiple shrapnel wounds in an accidental rifle grenade explosion. While a patrol was resting on the verandah of the little church at Nehone, a member of the patrol was tampering with a captured M-60P1 Yugoslavian HEAP Pencil STRIM Rifle Grenade that exploded, killing two members instantly and wounding four others, at Nehone, Southern Angola
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. C. R. Dippenaar
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:
 H2

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