Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER MERWE
Given Name:
 MARIUS
Initials:
 M
Service No:
 84328616BT
Rank:
 Rifleman
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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:
 1989-04-02
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Date of Birth:
 1968-03-05
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, while on patrol near Buffalo. He went for a swim amongst the reeds and it is thought that he was taken by a crocodile. He remains unaccounted for and has no known grave
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. J. L. van der Merwe, of Durban.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
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Grave Reference:
 Body not recovered - Panel 16

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