Service Details
Name:
 MASON
Given Name:
 MARK
Initials:
 M
Service No:
 79613162BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 1 Parachute Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1982-02-18
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Date of Birth:
 1963-05-14
Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Died in Friendly Fire Incident, with friendly SWADF forces, at Ondangwa, Namibia. Both patrols had been told that there were no friendly forces in the area so when they happened upon one another, the shooting started. Two other SWADF men were also killed
Additional
Information:
Son of Joan Edith and the late Robert Mason, of 9 Elmount Court, 81 Hopkins Street, Bellevue.
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:
 Gen B 6629

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