Service Details
Name:
 WESSELS
Given Name:
 EDGAR SYDNEY
Initials:
 E S
Service No:
 79435277BG
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 1 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1982-10-11
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Date of Birth:
 1963-07-17
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died of accidental injuries, at Oshivello, during a weapons familiarisation accident. A supposedly "safe" foreign grenade exploded and killed several men.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mattheus Gerhardus and Hermina Magdalena Wessels, of Kroonstad.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Free State
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Cemetery:
 KROONSTAD GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE
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Grave Reference:
 A7

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