Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER MERWE
Given Name:
 PETRUS ABRAHAM
Initials:
 P A
Service No:
 76235845PE
Trade:
 Company Commander
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 Infantry School Oudtshoorn, Instructor Group
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Unit 2:
 Instructor Group, "H" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1987-11-19
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Date of Birth:
 1960-03-25
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed by shrapnel during a training exercise at Infantry School, Oudtshoorn, when an M26 hand grenade he believed to be a dud exploded just as he rose from cover.
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. A. van der Merwe, of Oudtshoorn.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Free State
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Cemetery:
 BLOEMFONTEIN (SOUTHPARK) CEMETERY
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