Service Details
Name:
 PRETORIUS
Given Name:
 SHAWN
Initials:
 S
Service No:
 81065039BG
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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Date of Death:
 1983-12-27
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Date of Birth:
 1965-07-06
Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, multiple shrapnel wounds, received in an accidental hand grenade explosion inside a Ratel while in Southern Angola during Ops Askari. While debussing from the Ratel, one of the hand grenades he was carrying in his webbing got caught in the door and the pin was accidentally extracted. The grenade exploded and he was mortally wounded
Additional
Information:
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Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 North West Province
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Cemetery:
 ORKNEY CEMETERY
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