In Memory Of
WESSELS, EDGAR SYDNEY
Service Details
Age:
19
Date of Birth:
1963-07-17
Service No:
79435277BG
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit:
1 South African Infantry Battalion
Regiment:
South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
1982-10-11
Cause of Death:
Died of accidental injuries, at Oshivello, during a weapons familiarisation accident. A supposedly "safe" foreign grenade exploded and killed several men.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
A7
Cemetery:
KROONSTAD GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE
Localitly:
Free State
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mattheus Gerhardus and Hermina Magdalena Wessels, of Kroonstad.
