Service Details
Name:
 THERON
Given Name:
 COENRAAD JACOBUS
Initials:
 C J
Service No:
 74540378PE
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South West African Territory Force
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Unit:
 32 (Buffalo) Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1978-06-06
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Date of Birth:
 1958-07-04
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in friendly fire incident on 6 May when 140mm artillery fired short near Namuidi (Operation Reindeer). Transferred to 1 Mil with shrapnel wounds and partial paralysis but relapsed and died on 6 June.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Theron, of Kuilsrivier. ref. "Die Buffel Struikel" by L. J. Bothma
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 BELLVILLE (STIKLAND) CEMETERY
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