Service Details
Name:
 NIEMAND
Given Name:
 NORMAN WALTER
Initials:
 N W
Service No:
 82475815BG
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 South African Armoured Corps
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Unit:
 1 Special Service Battalion
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Unit 2:
 attd. 61 Mechanised Battalion Group
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Date of Death:
 1983-12-28
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Date of Birth:
 1964-01-21
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, when his Ratel 90 (call sign 33C) was struck by a Soviet 122mm BM-21 Katyusha Rocket during an enemy bombardment whilst in laager with an Artillery Section about 13 km East of Cahama, during Op Askari
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Niemand, of Fichardtpark, Bloemfontein
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Northern Cape
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Cemetery:
 DANIELSKUIL CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 A1

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