Service Details
Name:
 STRYDOM
Given Name:
 KAREL CHRISTIAAN
Initials:
 K C
Service No:
 68986223KT
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Commandos
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Unit:
 Klein Karoo Commando
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Date of Death:
 1977-10-17
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Date of Birth:
 1944-04-26
Age:
 33
Cause of Death:
 Died in Shooting Incident, at Nkurenkuru, while on patrol. Although orders had been given that nobody leaves the area where the patrol was camped without notifying the sentries, he moved out of the area and when he returned he was shot in the stomach by the sentry who mistook him for a intruder. He died before medical help arrived
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. M. S. Strydom, of Gammakloof, Willowmore.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Eastern Cape
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Cemetery:
 WILLOWMORE CEMETERY
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