Service Details
Name:
 BOSHOFF
Given Name:
 DANIEL PETRUS
Initials:
 D P
Service No:
 71417653N
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 South African Armoured Corps
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Unit:
 1 Special Service Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1973-10-05
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Date of Birth:
 1955-06-09
Age:
 18
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
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. D. P. Boshoff, of Welkom.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Free State
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Cemetery:
 WELKOM CEMETERY
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