Service Details
Name:
 ADAM
Given Name:
 RAYMOND PERCY
Initials:
 R P
Service No:
 59710V
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Youth Training Brigade, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1945-11-19
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Date of Birth:
 1928-12-07
Age:
 16
Cause of Death:
 Died of injuries, received in an explosion at the Barracks of the Youth Training Brigade at Roberts Heights. Three members were using a bayonet and a screwdriver in an attempt to dismantle a two inch mortar shell that they found in rubble from the explosion of the Grand Magazine, which was being used for earth works at Roberts Heights
Additional
Information:
Son of James Percy Adam and Myrtle Effie Adam, of Bethulie. Born Bethulie. A scholar. His brother also died on service
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Free State
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Cemetery:
 BETHULIE CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Plot T. Row 4. Grave 4.

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