Service Details
Name:
 KRIEL
Given Name:
 JOHANNES DAVID
Initials:
 J D
Service No:
 P/18727
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 22 Flt
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Date of Death:
 1964-09-25
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Date of Birth:
 1938-10-13
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Westland Wasp #86 helicopter developed engine problems and crashed into Table Bay, 7 miles west of Dassen Island. He was an Air Force photographer documenting "Operation Flaminkdans" - the welcoming of SAS President Pretorius into South African waters
Additional
Information:
Son of P. G. Kriel, of Ashton, Cape
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:
 Panel 01 - Body not recovered

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