Service Details
Name:
 VAN HEERDEN
Given Name:
 WILLIAM EDWIN
Initials:
 W E
Service No:
 79281168BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South West African Territory Force
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Unit:
 201 Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1982-08-16
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Date of Birth:
 1963-04-26
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents near the Cutline
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. M. van Heerden
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Kwazulu Natal
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Cemetery:
 PIETERMARITZBURG (MOUNTAIN RISE) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Block J. Grave 544.

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