Service Details
Name:
 LOUW
Given Name:
 ERASMUS JOHANNES
Initials:
 E J
Service No:
 70229240PE
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Adjutant:
 Second in Command
Unit:
 8 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1984-09-09
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Date of Birth:
 1954-11-10
Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, while on an training exercise at Riem vas maak (just outside of Upington) he was accidentally shot in the back of the head with a flare, by a fellow officer who was a captain and the adjutant.
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. J. E. Louw
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 1290

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