Service Details
Name:
 LOURENS
Given Name:
 CORNELIUS JOHANNES
Initials:
 C J
Service No:
 74382862BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 4 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1977-09-29
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Date of Birth:
 1958-04-07
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died in Friendly Fire Incident, during an ambush. Just after 2am on that day, four members from the 4 SAI were killed by friendly fire at Okalongo, when a soldier watching the rear of the ambush position suddenly turned around and opened fire on his fellow soldiers
Additional
Information:
Son of Cornelius Johannes Jakobus "Neels" Lourens and Anetta Lourens (nee Potgieter). ref. "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Kwazulu Natal
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Cemetery:
 VRYHEID CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Row 197 Grave 10

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