Service Details
Name:
ERASMUS
Given Name:
EMILE
Initials:
E
Service No:
84432756BG
Rank:
Trooper
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Regiment:
South African Armoured Corps
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Unit:
2 Special Service Battalion
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Unit 2:
10 Armoured Car Squadron
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Date of Death:
1988-06-27
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Date of Birth:
1968-02-16
Age:
20
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, during an air attack by MIG 23s on the Calueque dam (50km North of SWA border, Angola). His Eland armoured car was hit by a parachute retarded bomb, killing all 3 crew members. A Buffel was also hit, killing 8 soldiers from 8 SAI.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. A. Erasmus, of Clocolan.
Commemoration
Country:
South Africa
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Locality:
Free State
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Cemetery:
CLOCOLAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
W3

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