Service Details
Name:
 DICKSON
Given Name:
 GARY
Initials:
 G
Service No:
 75428227
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Corps of Engineers
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Unit:
 School of Engineers
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Unit 2:
 "F" Troop
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Date of Death:
 1982-05-01
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Date of Birth:
 1959-02-02
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Died in Animal Attack, accidentally killed in the Caprivi Strip near Fort Doppies when the Engineer Troop was engaged in building Heli-pads to facilitate helicopter operations in the area. While photographing a herd of elephants, he inadvertently positioned himself between a female elephant and her calf and she charged him and he was trampled to death.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. N. G. and Mrs. M. W. Dickson, of Durban North, Durban. Born Durban. A qualified Civil Engineer. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Kwazulu Natal
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Cemetery:
 CREMATED
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Grave Reference:
 Cremated, ashes scattered in Durban.

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