Service Details
Name:
 REX
Given Name:
 JOHN
Initials:
 J
Service No:
 88073218CK
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 2 SA Cape Corps
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Date of Death:
 1988-10-13
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Date of Birth:
 1968-03-15
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died of injuries, while moving through the Rooiberg Training Area, near Vredendal, Cape Province, on a training patrol, he stepped on an unexploded 40 mm rifle grenade
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. Johana Freida Sass, c/o Department of Water Affairs, 6 Bankhoek Street, Grabouw, Cape Province. His father was deceased.
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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