Service Details
Name:
 VAN NIEKERK
Given Name:
 WILLIAM FAUL
Initials:
 W F
Service No:
 85349744BG
Rank:
 Gunner
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Regiment:
 Witwatersrand Command
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Unit:
 Intelligence Section
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Date of Death:
 1988-08-24
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Date of Birth:
 1969-04-07
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Doornkop. He had jumped off the back of a tipper truck to fetch his beret that had blown off and was crushed by the vehicle as it reversed
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. C. D. van Niekerk, of Oudtshoorn
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 MERWEVILLE CEMETERY
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