Service Details
Name:
 LABUSCHAGNE
Given Name:
 BAREND JOHANNES
Initials:
 B J
Service No:
 71504898
Rank:
 Warrant Officer Class II
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Regiment:
 South African Corps of Signals
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Unit:
 3 Electronic Workshop
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Date of Death:
 1988-02-19
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Date of Birth:
 1955-08-02
Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Committed suicide, shot himself, with an R4 rifle, at Lomba. He was stationed at the Base Admin Area at Lomba, Angola, where he contracted malaria. Although he received treatment at Rundu, he returned to the Operational Area too soon. The base was subjected to an aerial attack and the stress, as well as depression, caused him to shoot himself. His death was officially regarded as a war casualty
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. K. J. Labuschagne, of Luttig Street, Pretoria West. Father of Carel Pieterse (born Labuschagne) and Yolande Pieterse (born Labuschagne)
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:
 Grave 1411

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