Service Details
Name:
 LE ROUX
Given Name:
 ERNEST JACOBUS
Initials:
 E J
Service No:
 85452134BG
Rank:
 Airman
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 AFB Hoedspruit
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Unit 2:
 Lowveld Airspace Control Sector
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Date of Death:
 1987-10-06
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Date of Birth:
 1968-12-27
Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Committed suicide, shot himself, went AWOL from the base and returned home, where he shot himself with his father's service pistol, at Bronkhorstspruit
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. D. M. Le Roux, of Bronkhorstspruit.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
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