Service Details
Name:
 FORBES
Given Name:
 ALEXANDER
Initials:
 A
Service No:
 78215753BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 5 South African Infantry Battalion
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Unit 2:
 attd. 54 Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1982-01-28
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Date of Birth:
 1962-07-29
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents during operations on the Cut-line in Northern Owamboland.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. E. W. Henderson, of Johannesburg.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Mil. Sec. Grave 556.

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