Service Details
Name:
 PRETORIUS
Given Name:
 CHRISTIAAN HERMANUS
Initials:
 C H
Service No:
 05523584E
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 17 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1975-03-21
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Date of Birth:
 1945-05-09
Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Alouette III #23, at Windhoek, South West Africa. Aircraft struck power lines 7 kms north of Windhoek and caught alight. Crew and passengers were killed during the subsequent emergency landing
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Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 824

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