Service Details
Name:
 MENTIS
Given Name:
 ROBERT HENRY
Initials:
 R H
Service No:
 V/2124
Rank:
 Air Mechanic
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Date of Death:
 1963-06-20
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Date of Birth:
 1945-09-30
Age:
 17
Cause of Death:
 Died in Shooting Incident, gunshot wound accidentally caused by a fellow soldier, while doing guard duties, at AFS Voortrekkerhoogte. His death certificate terms the incident as criminal negligence
Additional
Information:
Next of kin, Mrs. G. M. Mentis. ref. 85 years of SAAF. Reportedly cremated at Johannesburg (Braamfontein) Crematorium
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 01 - Reportedly cremated at Johannesburg (Braamfontein) Crematorium

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