Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER WEERD
Given Name:
 JOHN BERNARD
Initials:
 J B
Service No:
 79513610
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Army
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Unit:
 Recce Coy
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Date of Death:
 1983-10-23
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Date of Birth:
 1963-11-09
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died in Private Vehicle Accident, car overturned near Langebaan on the way back to army camp
Additional
Information:
Son of Jack and Terry van der Weerd, of 201 Hillside Heights, Greenpoint, Cape Town. Born Dundee, Natal. Educated Bergvliet High School in Cape Town. His father worked at Shell (SA), in the Marketing Division. His heart, kidney and other organs were donated so others could live.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CREMATORIUM
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Grave Reference:
 Crem. Niche

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