Service Details
Name:
 SMITH
Given Name:
 GIDEON JOHANNES
Initials:
 G J
Service No:
 88283585BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 6 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1992-10-13
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Date of Birth:
 1972-11-12
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Committed suicide, shot himself in the head with his R4 rifle, at the 6 SAI Shooting Range
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. S. Potgieter, of Delmas and Mr. G. J. Smith, of Neserhof, Klerksdorp.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Unknown
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Cemetery:
 UNKNOWN CEMETERY
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