In Memory Of

VAN NIEKERK, DEON

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1964-12-07
Service No:
 80318199BG
Rank:
 Corporal
Unit:
 Provost Unit
Regiment:
 Northern Transvaal Command
Date of Death:
 1985-03-07
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, while on official traffic control duty during a military exercise. A large truck filled with tons of builders gravel jack-knifed on the Old Johannesburg Road and overturned in the area where he had been doing duty. His body was only discovered two days later when the builders gravel was removed.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Alternative Commemoration until grave found
Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
No additional information known at this time