Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER MERWE
Given Name:
 JACO PETRUS
Initials:
 J P
Service No:
 84435338BG
Rank:
 Gunner
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Regiment:
 South African Artillery
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Unit:
 10 Artillery Brigade
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Date of Death:
 1988-08-19
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Date of Birth:
 1968-11-03
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Missing, presumably drowned, after he went swimming in a river and disappeared. It is thought that he was taken by a crocodile, Ops 1 area. He has no known grave and remains unaccounted for
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Boshoff
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Mpumalanga
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Cemetery:
 VOLKSRUST CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Memorial stone - Body not recovered

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