Service Details
Name:
 VAN HEERDEN
Given Name:
 WILLEM PETRUS JOHANNES
Initials:
 W P J
Service No:
 0448645-5
Rank:
 Constable
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Regiment:
 South African Police
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Unit:
 Primrose CID
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Date of Death:
 1994-03-10
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Date of Birth:
 1973-11-09
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died in Motor Vehicle Accident, in Sebokeng. Killed while doing his work as detective and tracking down suspects at night so that they cannot be seen coming. However they were shot at and the motor rolled while driving away and my Van Heerden got thrown out and broke his neck on impact. Case is still unsolved, as per family
Additional
Information:
Son of Frederik Andries Jacobus and Helena Elizabeth (nee Nel) van Heerden. Possibly promoted just before his death to Detective Sergeant. 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:
 PRETORIA (ZANDFONTEIN) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Police Plot

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