Service Details
Name:
 PETERSEN
Given Name:
 MARIUS
Initials:
 M
Service No:
 78491404BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 1 South African Infantry Battalion
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Unit 2:
 attd. 61 Mechanised Battalion Group
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Date of Death:
 1982-04-15
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Date of Birth:
 1962-06-13
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. Whilst on patrol the Lt sent out a section (1 Ratel) to follow a couple a tracks that the tracker had picked up. The Ratel hit an ambush just after 10am. By the time backup had formed up and went to their aid a group of soldiers had been killed.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. W. K. H. Petersen, of Bellville, Cape Town.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 BELLVILLE (STIKLAND) CEMETERY
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