Service Details
Name:
 VAN HEERDEN
Given Name:
 SCHALK WILLEM
Initials:
 S W
Service No:
 12125
Rank:
 2nd Class Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Police
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Unit:
 Kuilsrivier
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Date of Death:
 1939-07-31
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Age:
 34
Cause of Death:
 Accidentally killed, after being shot in the back during a beer raid at Brackenfel Quarry
Additional
Information:
Son of Hendrik Gideon and Jacoba Johanna van Heerden. Husband of Helena Catherina (nee Neiteler) van Heerden. ref. Gallantry Awards of the South African Police 1913-1994
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 CAPE TOWN (PLUMSTEAD) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave DO. 188.

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