In Memory Of

DOUGLAS, GAVIN JOHN SHOLTO

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 1965-07-09
Service No:
 81200826PE
Rank:
 Sub Lieutenant
Unit:
 SAS PW Botha
Regiment:
 South African Navy
Date of Death:
 1987-10-03
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, during 1987 floods of Natal where he formed part of a crew that were formed to save lives of civilians. During these rescues the Umgeni river banks broke and a wave of rubble overturned his boat and he was lost and subsequently drowned
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Cremated - Ashes scattered in False Bay, South Africa
Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mrs. G. J. S. Douglas