Service Details
Name:
 WILLIAMS
Given Name:
 OWEN CHRISTOPHER
Initials:
 O C
Service No:
 77626497BG
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 5 South African Infantry Battalion
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Unit 2:
 Att 102 Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1983-03-07
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Date of Birth:
 1961-08-21
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, at Opuwa. He and Greyling were examining an SKS Rifle grenade, in the Ops Room, when it exploded
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. J. H. Williams, of Daggafontein, Springs. Born Wimbledon, England. Educated Dale College in King William's Town.
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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