Service Details
Name:
 LIGHT
Given Name:
 DAVID GORDON
Initials:
 D G
Service No:
 82713504PP
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South West African Territory Force
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Unit:
 32 (Buffalo) Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1985-02-11
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Date of Birth:
 1958-10-19
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in a contact with the enemy (Operation Forte), shot below the eye
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. K. Light, of Essex, England. A British national. ref. L. J. Bothma "Buffalo Battalion"
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 13 - Cremated - Ashes handed to family

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