Service Details
Name:
 LE ROUX
Given Name:
 ANDREW
Initials:
 A
Service No:
 68010198R
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 8 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1969-07-29
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Date of Birth:
 1945-08-31
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, AT-6 Harvard #7457, crashed into Rustfontein Dam. Busy with low level navigation exercises, plane descended too low in a turn and crashed into the water. Pilot drowned as the plane sank immediately
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. J. G. C. Le Roux
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 KRUGERSDORP (STERKFONTEIN) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Sec 6 Grave N77

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