Service Details
Name:
 HAWKINS
Given Name:
 WYNAND JACOBUS
Initials:
 W J
Service No:
 71423008PE
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 Fire Brigade
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Date of Death:
 1985-05-21
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Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, when SAAF firemen were called to assist the Pretoria fire brigade in extinguishing a fire that had started at the SASOL Bulk Storage Depot in Pretoria West. When the tank exploded, 3 servicemen were burned to death
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. Kirsten J. A. Hawkins. ref. 85 years of SAAF
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:
 H9

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