Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER MERWE
Given Name:
 DESMOND REGINALD
Initials:
 D R
Service No:
 65436966KV
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Commandos
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Unit:
 Gordonia Commando
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Date of Death:
 1987-12-08
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Date of Birth:
 1949-12-05
Age:
 38
Cause of Death:
 Died in Pedestrian Accident, killed when run over by a civilian vehicle that failed to stop at a military roadblock near Upington.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. R. van der Merwe
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Northern Cape
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Cemetery:
 UPINGTON (KEIDEBEES) CEMETERY
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