Service Details
Name:
 VAN NIEKERK
Given Name:
 MARTIN JOHANNES LODEWYK KRUGER
Initials:
 M J L K
Service No:
 78416906BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 4 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1981-10-15
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Date of Birth:
 1962-03-19
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died in accidental rifle grenade explosion, in Northern Owamboland, Sector 10
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. van Niekerk, of Danville, Pretoria.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
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Grave Reference:
 Alternative Commemoration until grave found

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