Service Details
Name:
 VENTER
Given Name:
 PIERRE
Initials:
 P
Service No:
 90308842PE
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Military Health Service
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Unit:
 7 Medical Battalion Group
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Date of Death:
 1995-11-29
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Date of Birth:
 1973-05-05
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died of hypothermia. He was a member of the South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE). He was found dead about 150m from the main base near Vesleskravat, Antarctica, after a snowstorm.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. J. L. Venter, of Pretoria
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 KEMPTON PARK (ZUURFONTEIN) CEMETERY
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