Service Details
Name:
 NEL
Given Name:
 DUDLEY
Initials:
 D
Service No:
 79395984BG
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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Unit 2:
 attd. 53rd Bn. "A" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1982-01-19
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Date of Birth:
 1963-03-01
Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. Nel was stationed at Etale, 18 km from the Angolan border. Assigned to an escort detail that was to protect a Water Works JCB that had the task of repairing the water pipeline between Charlie Tower at Engela hospital and Eenhana. On the way there the JCB got stuck in the mud on several occasions. Nel and his buddy (Reyneke), got off the armoured vehicle and stayed close to the JCB with the intention of assisting it through the mud whenever it got close to getting stuck. From this point on, the going was really good, until the JCB detonated a land mine with one of it's back wheels. They were both was killed instantly.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. G. F. Nel, of Alberton.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (BRAAMFONTEIN) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Crem. Niche

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