In Memory Of

VENTER, ERASMUS ALBERTUS

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1959-07-23
Service No:
 76201920BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
Unit:
 4 South African Infantry Battalion
Unit 2:
 attd. 52nd Battalion
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1979-08-16
Cause of Death:
 Died in accidental explosion, when a 30mm HE shell from an Impala was picked up by a fellow soldier, the shell was unexploded and one of the two of them took it apart with a swiss army knife. The shell exploded killing him. This happened at 2 Mil Area.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Grave 1036.
Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mrs. E. P. Venter, of Pretoria.