Service Details
Name:
 SMITH
Given Name:
 FREDERIK JOHANNES
Initials:
 F J
Service No:
 75218362BG
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Medical Service
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Former Regiment:
 attd. 4 SAI and attd. 52nd Battalion
Date of Death:
 1978-10-28
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Date of Birth:
 1959-09-11
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, at Ogongo base, trying to rescue civilian workers who succumbed to methane gas in an underground tunnel.
Decorations:
 Honoris Crux (Posthumous)
Citations:
 "At Ogongo Agricultural College in Ovamboland, a labourer went down into a sewage pit to clean it. His supervisor, Mr. Brown heard him fall into the water and climbed down to help him. Three Medical Service National Servicemen were in the area and tried to save them. None of them returned as all were overcome by fumes. The three, Ptes FJ Smith, JC Jooste and B van D van Papendorp were awarded Honoris Crux medals"
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. G. C. Smith, of Johannesburg.
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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