Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER WESTHUIZEN
Given Name:
 HANS JURGENS
Initials:
 H J
Service No:
 80575046BT
Rank:
 Gunner
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Regiment:
 South African Artillery
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Unit:
 Regiment Potchefstroom University
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Date of Death:
 1988-03-29
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Date of Birth:
 1955-09-08
Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Died in Shooting Incident, accidentally killed with his rifle while on a re-supply mission with a supply truck (SAMIL-100) in Angola during operations against the MPLA in Cuito Cuanavale. 40 km East of Luengue. While on the way to fetch water, he bent down and his webbing caught on the trigger of his R4, which fired 3 rounds automatic, killing him.
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. C. W. van der Westhuizen, of Welkom.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 North West Province
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Cemetery:
 STILFONTEIN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 I AB 80

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