Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER MERWE
Given Name:
 WILLEM ABRAHAM JACOBUS
Initials:
 W A J
Service No:
 05501481PE
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 15 Sqdn.
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Unit 2:
 "A" Flight
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Date of Death:
 1977-10-20
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Date of Birth:
 1943-12-05
Age:
 33
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Super Frelon #303, near Sheepmoor around the border of Mozambique, Swaziland and South Africa
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. M. H. van der Merwe, of Valhalla, Pretoria.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 951.

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