Service Details
Name:
 DIJKSTRA
Given Name:
 JOUWERT HESSEL
Initials:
 J H
Service No:
 77279297BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 School of Infantry
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Date of Death:
 1980-11-12
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Date of Birth:
 1961-12-31
Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Died of injuries, received in Private Vehicle Accident, near Vredefort, Orange Free State, while traveling home on a weekend pass. Suffered severe brain trauma and died 3 months later at the HF Verwoerd Hospital, Pretoria
Additional
Information:
Son of Dr. and Mrs. J. Dijkstra, of Sappers Contour, Pretoria.
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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