Service Details
Name:
 FOURIE
Given Name:
 JOHANNES PETRUS
Initials:
 J P
Service No:
 W406356E
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Police
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Date of Death:
 1987-09-11
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Date of Birth:
 1945-02-27
Age:
 42
Cause of Death:
 Shot dead by MK operatives in an ambush on his vehicle at Moteti in Moutse, KwaNdebele, on 11 September 1987. His son Mark Dirk Fourie was also killed. Three MK operatives were granted amnesty
Additional
Information:
ref. Gallantry Awards of the South African Police 1913-1994
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Mpumalanga
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Cemetery:
 BELFAST (NEW) CEMETERY
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