Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER MERWE
Given Name:
 ANDRIES PETRUS
Initials:
 A P
Service No:
 77217610BG
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Technical Services Corps
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Unit 2:
 attd. 31 Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1979-11-09
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Date of Birth:
 1961-04-20
Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Died in Shooting Incident, at Omega Base, South West Africa. Accidentally shot with an R1 rifle while engaged in friendly banter with a medic from the unit
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. I. G. van der Merwe, of Wonderboom South, Pretoria.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 1044.

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