Service Details
Name:
 PETTIT
Given Name:
 EAUN ANDREW CHAPMAN
Initials:
 E A C
Service No:
 78397122BG
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 1 Parachute Battalion
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Unit:
 H Company
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Date of Death:
 1981-04-02
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Date of Birth:
 1961-08-24
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died in Military Vehicle Accident. He and his section were evacuated after an operation when the Buffel in which they were travelling overturned at speed. He was killed in the crash
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pettit, of Kyalami, Johannesburg.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
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Grave Reference:
 Cremated at Braamfontein. Ashes given to the family.

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