Service Details
Name:
 GOUWS
Given Name:
 RALPH
Initials:
 R
Trade:
 Computer Technician
Rank:
 Flight Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 Command and Control Information Unit
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Date of Death:
 2003-07-11
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Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, was a passenger in a Pilatus Astra, and after landing at CFS Langebaanweg, apparently inadvertently activating the pilot's ejector seat after the aircraft had landed.
Additional
Information:
Son of Roelf and Sarah Gouws of Upington; brother: Joey of Pretoria.
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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