Service Details
Name:
 VAN NIEKERK
Given Name:
 JAN PETRUS
Initials:
 J P
Service No:
 78551090BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 Infantry School
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Date of Death:
 1985-02-19
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Committed suicide, gunshot wound to the head, at Sunnyside, Pretoria. He was AWOL at the time.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. J. D. van Niekerk, of Ventersdorp.
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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