Service Details
Name:
 LEWIS
Given Name:
 MARTIN JACOBUS
Initials:
 M J
Rank:
 Warrant Officer Class I
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Regiment:
 South African Personnel Services Corps
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Former Regiment:
 formerly 82 Mechanised Brigade
Date of Death:
 1996-04-21
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Date of Birth:
 1950-03-04
Age:
 46
Cause of Death:
 Died on active service
Decorations:
 Honoris Crux
Citations:
 Awarded for a non-combat or non-operational act of bravery on 12 September 1990 while serving with 82 Mechanised Brigade - "Pulled a pilot out of his burning Bosbok (light aircraft) after the Bosbok crashed near Potchefstroom in 1990"
Additional
Information:
No additional information known at this time
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
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