In Memory Of

LOUW, ERASMUS JOHANNES

Service Details
Age:
 29
Date of Birth:
 1954-11-10
Service No:
 70229240PE
Rank:
 Major
Adjutant:
 Second in Command
Unit:
 8 South African Infantry Battalion
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1984-09-09
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, while on an training exercise at Riem vas maak (just outside of Upington) he was accidentally shot in the back of the head with a flare, by a fellow officer who was a captain and the adjutant.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Grave 1290
Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Husband of Mrs. J. E. Louw