In Memory Of

GROENEWALD, JOHANNES PETRUS WESSELS

Service Details
Age:
 24
Date of Birth:
 1963-05-12
Service No:
 81187023BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
Unit:
 8 South African Infantry Battalion
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1987-07-30
Cause of Death:
 Died of injuries, critically injured and paralysed in a landmine explosion near Katima Mulilo on 14 July 1983. He was placed into a care facility after discharge from 1 Military Hospital but three years later, complications arose as a result of these injuries and gangrene set in. He was re-admitted to 1 Military Hospital where he died
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 BRITS (LANGBERG) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 North West Province
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. S. C. Groenewald, of Alberton.