Service Details
Name:
 SCHUTTE
Given Name:
 BAREND JACOBUS PHILLIPUS
Initials:
 B J P
Service No:
 62187968E
Rank:
 Air Mechanic
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 Air Operations School Langebaanweg
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Date of Death:
 1965-06-10
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Date of Birth:
 1945-05-21
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died in Shooting Incident, accidentally shot through the head with a .38 revolver by a comrade. They were part of the guard detail at Langebaanweg AFB on the 8 June 1965 and were in the off duty room where another member was playing with a firearm which went off and injured Schutte. He died 2 days later in hospital
Additional
Information:
Next of kin, P. Koch
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Mpumalanga
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Cemetery:
 PIET RETIEF STRYDKRAAL 477 IT FARM CEMETERY
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