Service Details
Name:
 POTGIETER
Given Name:
 KEVIN EVERITT
Initials:
 K E
Service No:
 05535174E
Rank:
 Staff Sergeant
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Regiment:
 1 Parachute Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1973-05-16
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Date of Birth:
 1946-07-28
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, parachute accident at Tempe. Kevin had been given a steerable reserve chute by his father that he decided to test. To do this, he had to first discard his main chute before using the reserve chute. After discarding his main parachute, he deployed the reserve chute but it became entangled in the buckles of his main chute and wrapped itself around him, causing him to plunge to his death
Additional
Information:
Son of Frederik Evert and Esme Potgeiter. Husband of Mrs. June Lilian Potgieter
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Free State
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Cemetery:
 BLOEMFONTEIN (ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL) GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE
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Grave Reference:
 Cremated - Memorial plaque

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