Service Details
Name:
 SWANEPOEL
Given Name:
 PIETER
Initials:
 P
Service No:
 78555117BG
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 Equestrian Centre (Bike Squad)
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Unit 2:
 attd. to SWASPES
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Date of Death:
 1981-01-05
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Date of Birth:
 1961-01-27
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, hit a cheese mine with his bike after transporting a tracker (Kevin O'Neill) to the mounted infantry who had located a "spoor" near Oom willies pad.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Swanepoel, of East Driefontein, Carletonville.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 North West Province
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Cemetery:
 FOCHVILLE CEMETERY
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