Service Details
Name:
SMIT
Given Name:
RUDOLPH JACOBUS
Initials:
R J
Service No:
90416751PY
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
5 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
1995-06-17
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Date of Birth:
1974-10-15
Age:
20
Cause of Death:
Died in Shooting Accident, at Margate Airstrip base. He was shot by one of his own troops with a R4 rifle in the conference room at the base.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. A. A. Smit, of Ladysmith.
Commemoration
Country:
South Africa
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Locality:
Kwazulu Natal
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Cemetery:
LADYSMITH CEMETERY
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