Service Details
Name:
 MYBURGH
Given Name:
 ISAK NEL
Initials:
 I N
Service No:
 73369662BT
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 6 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1977-01-26
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Date of Birth:
 1957-10-10
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received at Onambutu in Northern Owamboland. While driving a Unimog vehicle on the pipeline patrol, his vehicle detonated two sandwiched Soviet TM-46 Anti-tank mines at Onambutu. He suffered a ruptured liver and lost both legs in the explosion and unfortunately succumbed to his grievous wounds before he could be evacuated by helicopter to the Surgical Hospital at AFB Ondangwa
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. P. A. Myburgh, of Swellemdam.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 RIVIERSONDEREND CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II M9

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