Service Details
Name:
 VAN ROOYEN
Given Name:
 LIONEL
Initials:
 L
Service No:
 77223030BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 1 South African Infantry Battalion
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Unit 2:
 attd. 61 Mechanised Battalion Group
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Date of Death:
 1981-07-10
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Date of Birth:
 1961-12-26
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died of injuries, accidental injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds sustained when a 120mm mortar round exploded prematurely during a live fire training exercise between Tsintsabis and Omuthiya, prior to the launch of Ops Protea
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. T. A. van Rooyen, of Durban.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Kwazulu Natal
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Cemetery:
 DURBAN (STELLAWOOD) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 LTD 343

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