In Memory Of

OLYOTT, GREGORY GEORGE

Service Details
Age:
 18
Date of Birth:
 1952-06-04
Service No:
 68222322N
Rank:
 Rifleman
Unit:
 5 South African Infantry Battalion
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1970-09-13
Cause of Death:
 Died in Military Vehicle Accident, while being transported in a Gladiator Troop Carrier back to Ladysmith Army Camp. Their vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with a Newspaper Delivery Van between Colesburg and Philippolis and the vehicle immediately burst into flames with the men still trapped inside and unable to escape
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 02
Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Stepson of Mr. W. J. Mossop.