Service Details
Name:
 MEYER
Given Name:
 JACOBUS THEODORUS
Initials:
 J T
Service No:
 79436630BG
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 1 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1982-10-11
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Date of Birth:
 1963-11-29
Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Died of accidental injuries, at Oshivello, during a weapons familiarization accident. A supposedly "safe" foreign grenade exploded and killed several men.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Meyer
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Free State
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Cemetery:
 WARDEN CEMETERY
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