Service Details
Name:
 SWANEPOEL
Given Name:
 PIETER JOHANNES
Initials:
 P J
Service No:
 05477697E
Trade:
 Instructor
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Date of Death:
 1965-11-18
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Date of Birth:
 1939-04-12
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Committed suicide, bullet wound to the head, in his home, at Pretoria
Additional
Information:
Born Natal. Resided with his wife in Church Hill Road, TEK Camp, Lyttelton. Sadly, he seems to have shot himself a few days after his wife committed suicide. They are buried together.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 482.

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