Service Details
Name:
 GROENEWALD
Given Name:
 JOHANNES PETRUS WESSELS
Initials:
 J P W
Service No:
 81187023BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 8 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1987-07-30
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Date of Birth:
 1963-05-12
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Died of injuries, critically injured and paralysed in a landmine explosion near Katima Mulilo on 14 July 1983. He was placed into a care facility after discharge from 1 Military Hospital but three years later, complications arose as a result of these injuries and gangrene set in. He was re-admitted to 1 Military Hospital where he died
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. S. C. Groenewald, of Alberton.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 North West Province
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Cemetery:
 BRITS (LANGBERG) CEMETERY
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