Service Details
Name:
 VAN NIEKERK
Given Name:
 DENNIS
Initials:
 D
Service No:
 74507161BG
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 Dog Centre
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Date of Death:
 1979-01-19
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Date of Birth:
 1958-12-17
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died in Private Motor Vehicle Accident, in Cumberland Road, North Riding, Johannesburg, while on his way to work. He was together with M. G. Porter and their bodies were burnt in the subsequent fire
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. van Niekerk, of Florida North, Roodepoort. He was off duty at the time.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 D.R. "M" Sec. Grave 12213.

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