Service Details
Name:
 DOUGLAS
Given Name:
 GAVIN JOHN SHOLTO
Initials:
 G J S
Service No:
 81200826PE
Trade:
 Dive Officer
Rank:
 Sub Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Navy
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Unit:
 SAS PW Botha
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Date of Death:
 1987-10-03
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Date of Birth:
 1965-07-09
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, during 1987 floods of Natal where he formed part of a crew that were formed to save lives of civilians. During these rescues the Umgeni river banks broke and a wave of rubble overturned his boat and he was lost and subsequently drowned
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. G. J. S. Douglas
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:
 Cremated - Ashes scattered in False Bay, South Africa

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