Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER MERWE
Given Name:
 NICOLAAS JACOBUS
Initials:
 N J
Service No:
 76504810BG
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Armoured Corps
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Unit:
 1 Special Service Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1980-07-18
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Date of Birth:
 1960-09-24
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, while on patrol within 10 km from Ondangwa. Their Armour troop surprised Swapo that morning in a chana. Nic was killed while directing fire from the turret of his armoured car. 9 Swapo killed and 2 taken POW
Additional
Information:
Son of Nicolaas Jacobus and Cornelia Wilhelmina Van Niekerk van der Merwe
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 BOKSBURG CEMETERY
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