Service Details
Name:
 PARVESS
Given Name:
 STEPHEN TREVOR
Initials:
 S T
Service No:
 75342402BA
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Ordnance Services Corps
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Unit:
 1 Maintenance Unit
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Date of Death:
 1977-01-21
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Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Died in Training Incident, during his basic training for National Service. His death was caused by an inherited medical condition that resulted in his body over heating during a training exercise. His vital organs could not cope with the continuous high body temperatures brought on by the inability of his body to switch from heating to cooling mode. Despite the efforts of the medical team
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. D. M. Parvess and brother of Vaughan Parvess
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
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Grave Reference:
 Alternative Commemoration until grave found

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