Service Details
Name:
 KOEKEMOER
Given Name:
 FRIKKIE
Initials:
 F
Service No:
 W405252P
Rank:
 Constable
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Regiment:
 South African Police
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Unit:
 Reaction Unit No. 5
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Date of Death:
 1986-01-21
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Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed near Westonaria at Cook during an ambush by striking mine employees. Sent out to investigate a report regarding a large group of mine workers at the Cook plant next to Bekkersdal. They drove into the veld to investigate and were ambushed and killed by the group
Additional
Information:
Was married and his wife was pregnant with their first child when he died. ref. Gallantry Awards of the South African Police 1913-1994
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 KRUGERSDORP (STERKFONTEIN) CEMETERY
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