In Memory Of

BOSHOFF, DANIEL PETRUS

Service Details
Age:
 18
Date of Birth:
 1955-06-09
Service No:
 71417653N
Rank:
 Trooper
Unit:
 1 Special Service Battalion
Regiment:
 South African Armoured Corps
Date of Death:
 1973-10-05
Cause of Death:
 Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Gen De Wet Training Area. While standing guard, they were fooling around on an Eland armoured car. Boshoff was sitting on the front mudguard and jumped off to try and catch a wild rabbit. The vehicle ran over him
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 WELKOM CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Free State
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. D. P. Boshoff, of Welkom.