Service Details
Name:
 SCHUURMAN
Given Name:
 JEAN MARC
Initials:
 J M
Service No:
 83271031BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 1 Parachute Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1987-11-01
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Date of Birth:
 1966-12-10
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received during Ops Firewood. The attack commenced at dawn and the SA forces only withdrew after dark on the same day. It was estimated that more than 300 Swapo fighters were killed during the battle. At the end of the day Cpl N S Olivier, L/Cpl R M Light, Rfn H N de Rose, Rfn D W van Rooyen and Rfn W F Ewels were killed in action. Several other members of D Coy was also wounded during the battle and Rfn J M Schuurman died on 1 November 1987 of his wounds. Capt P A Pienaar the 2IC of D Coy who was in charge of the two platoons was killed in West Africa almost 10 years later, on 29 October 1997.
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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 Grave 8853

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