Service Details
Name:
 VAN JAARSVELD
Given Name:
 TIAN
Initials:
 T
Service No:
 80400344BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 8 South African Infantry Battalion
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1983-10-17
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Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received accidentally, at Okalongo.
Additional
Information:
The platoon that Van Jaarsveld was a member of were busy checking their kit just outside the base as they were heading out on a patrol. An RPG 7 rocket carried by another soldier misfired and hit Van Jaarsveld. He did not die immediately. He was flown to the RSA and died a few days later.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
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Grave Reference:
 Alternative Commemoration until grave found

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