Service Details
Name:
 MARRIOTT
Given Name:
 RICHARD NEVILLE
Initials:
 R N
Service No:
 68444918N
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 5 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1970-09-13
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Date of Birth:
 1952-11-22
Age:
 17
Cause of Death:
 Died in Military Vehicle Accident, while being transported in a Gladiator Troop Carrier back to Ladysmith Army Camp. Their vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with a Newspaper Delivery Van between Colesburg and Philippolis and the vehicle immediately burst into flames with the men still trapped inside and unable to escape
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. W. E. Marriott, of Durban. Attended Glenwood High School, Durban from 1965-1969.
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 02

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