Service Details
Name:
 OBERHOLZER
Given Name:
 LODEWIKUS JOHANNES
Initials:
 L J
Service No:
 71442438BT
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 Regiment De Wet
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Date of Death:
 1977-10-26
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Date of Birth:
 1955-05-27
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, landmine explosion. He was part of a group sent out on a water patrol. It would seem that the group came under attack from own forces (104 Wits Bn) when he stepped on a shrapnel mine that had been laid by them
Additional
Information:
Son of Lodewikus Johannes and Maria Elizabeth Oberholzer. Husband of Mrs. Vivian Marie (nee Moore) Oberholzer, of Viljoensdrift.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Free State
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Cemetery:
 VILJOENSDRIFT AREA CEMETERY ?
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