In Memory Of

KRUGER, DAWID JOHANNES G

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 1970-06-20
Service No:
 0428863-7
Rank:
 Sergeant
Regiment:
 South African Police
Date of Death:
 1993-07-23
Cause of Death:
 Died in Training Accident, Sgt. David Johannes Kruger was in a training session at the South African Police training establishment, located in Verdrag near Thabazimbi when the accident occurred. The group of seven instructors was in an office busy preparing for a lecture on hand grenades and was looking at a Yugoslavian grenade. One of the Instructors accidentally activated the grenade without knowing it. Sgt. David Kruger took the hand grenade from the instructor to disperse off it, but due to circumstances, space and time Sgt. David Kruger decided go into a corner, use his own body as cover against the blast and was killed instantly, saving the lives of Const CF Kotze (Soweto), Sgt. Bosch (Port Elizabeth), L/Sgt. E Mcauly (Newcastle), L/Sgt. DJ Schutte (Newcastle) and several other police officers around the office at the time of the blast
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 BRAKPAN CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
See more at: http://www.southafricanpoliceofficersmemorial.com/sgtdavidkruger.html#sthash.vYXQj9wk.dpuf ref. Gallantry Awards of the South African Police 1913-1994.