In Memory Of
COETZEE, ABRAHAM PAULUS JACOBUS
Service Details
Age:
19
Date of Birth:
1972-02-15
Service No:
88214028BG
Rank:
Trooper
Unit:
School of Armour
Regiment:
South African Armoured Corps
Date of Death:
1991-04-14
Cause of Death:
Died in Shooting Incident, at Army Battle School. They were drinking beer and playing with a R5 rifle. Someone produced a live round and they were playing by loading the weapon. A shot went off, killing Trooper Coetzee
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Reportedly buried in Stilfontein
Cemetery:
UNKNOWN CEMETERY
Localitly:
Unknown
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. A. P. J. Coetzee and Mrs. N. Coetzee, of Orkney, Orange Free State.