Service Details
Name:
 OOSTHUIZEN
Given Name:
 LEON
Initials:
 L
Service No:
 77493260BG
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 South African Armoured Corps
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Unit:
 1 Special Service Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1980-03-28
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Date of Birth:
 1962-12-21
Age:
 17
Cause of Death:
 Died of accidental injuries, after suffering multiple shrapnel wounds in an accidental hand grenade explosion, at the General De Wet Training Area.
Additional
Information:
No additional information known at this time
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Free State
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Cemetery:
 BLOEMFONTEIN (SOUTHPARK) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Block 12, Grave 130.

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