In Memory Of

VAN DER MERWE, PETRUS ABRAHAM

Service Details
Age:
 27
Date of Birth:
 1960-03-25
Service No:
 76235845PE
Rank:
 Major
Unit:
 Infantry School Oudtshoorn, Instructor Group
Unit 2:
 Instructor Group, "H" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1987-11-19
Cause of Death:
 Killed by shrapnel during a training exercise at Infantry School, Oudtshoorn, when an M26 hand grenade he believed to be a dud exploded just as he rose from cover.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 BLOEMFONTEIN (SOUTHPARK) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Free State
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Husband of Mrs. A. van der Merwe, of Oudtshoorn.