Service Details
Name:
 HOLDER
Given Name:
 JOHANNES REINHARD GERHARDUS
Initials:
 J R G
Service No:
 84481994BG
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 8 South African Infantry Battalion
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Unit 2:
 attd. 10th Armoured Car Squadron
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Date of Death:
 1988-06-27
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Date of Birth:
 1968-10-02
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during an air attack by MIG 23s on the Calueque dam (50km North of SWA border, Angola). His Buffel was hit by a parachute retarded bomb, killing all eight soldiers from 8 SAI. An Eland armoured car was also hit, killing all 3 crew members.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Holder, of Carletonville.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 CARLETONVILLE (WEST WITS) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 A4

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