In Memory Of
VAN ZYL, GIDEON
Service Details
Age:
19
Date of Birth:
1974-07-01
Service No:
91201111BG
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Unit:
4 South African Infantry Battalion
Regiment:
South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
1993-12-09
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, in Katlehong on the East Rand (now part of Gauteng) during military intervention in a skirmish between IFP and ANC armed forces. His patrol drew AK47 and 9 mm fire from surrounding houses and he was wounded in the chest. He died later in Alberton Hospital
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Block 3 C-5
Cemetery:
SECUNDA CEMETERY
Localitly:
Mpumalanga
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Johan C. van Zyl, of Secunda.
