Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER MERWE
Given Name:
 HERMANUS STEPHANUS
Initials:
 H S
Service No:
 67526913E
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 Northern Air Defence Sector, Devon
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Date of Death:
 1970-03-10
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Date of Birth:
 1951-10-01
Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Died in Military Vehicle Accident. While part of a convoy en route to Devon, the military bus he was in left the road near Fort Mistake (36 miles from Newcastle) and crashed.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. W. S. van der Merwe, of Roodepoort. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 ROODEPOORT NEW CEMETERY
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