Service Details
Name:
 VAN ZYL
Given Name:
 GIDEON
Initials:
 G
Service No:
 91201111BG
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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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:
 1993-12-09
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Date of Birth:
 1974-07-01
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, in Katlehong on the East Rand (now part of Gauteng) during military intervention in a skirmish between IFP and ANC armed forces. His patrol drew AK47 and 9 mm fire from surrounding houses and he was wounded in the chest. He died later in Alberton Hospital
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Johan C. van Zyl, of Secunda.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Mpumalanga
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Cemetery:
 SECUNDA CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Block 3 C-5

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