Service Details
Name:
 LE ROUX
Given Name:
 GORDON WALTER GRAHAM
Initials:
 G W G
Service No:
 73542854
Rank:
 Sapper
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Regiment:
 South African Corps of Engineers
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Unit:
 2 Field Engineer Regiment
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Date of Death:
 1976-12-10
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Date of Birth:
 1957-01-29
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died from electric shock when his radio antenna touched the HT cables at Johannesburg Station. The antenna wire was thrown over the carriage roof of the stationary train to get better reception but it hit the overhead HT cables.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. L. C. Buys, of Johannesburg. ref. SA Engineers Roll of Honour (www.sasappers.net)
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 11368 Gen Memorial

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