Service Details
Name:
 DICKSON
Given Name:
 GARY
Initials:
 G
Service No:
 75428227
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Corps of Engineers
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Unit:
 1 Construction Regiment
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Date of Death:
 1982-05-01
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Date of Birth:
 1959-02-02
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Died in Animal Attack. He was trying to photograph an elephant and her calf when the elephant attacked and killed him, at Fort Doppies on the Caprivi Strip, South West Africa
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. N. G. and Mrs. M. W. Dickson, of Durban North, Durban. Born Durban. A qualified Civil Engineer. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Kwazulu Natal
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Cemetery:
 CREMATED
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Grave Reference:
 Cremated, ashes scattered in Durban.

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