Service Details
Name:
 RIX
Given Name:
 RIAN
Initials:
 R
Service No:
 76245679BG
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Commandos
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Unit:
 11 Kimberley Commando
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Date of Death:
 1979-04-13
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Date of Birth:
 1960-05-26
Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in a contact near Okatope base south of Ondangwa. Attacked on his last patrol before going home from the Border 3.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. C. Rix, of Klipfontein, Phillippi.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 CAPE TOWN (PHILLIPI) EVANGELICAL LUTHERIAN CEMETERY
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