Service Details
Name:
 VOLLGRAAFF
Given Name:
 GERHARD
Initials:
 G
Service No:
 72449325BC
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Armoured Corps
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Unit:
 2 Special Service Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1975-11-23
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Date of Birth:
 1956-02-01
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in action during the Battle of Ebo. His armoured car was hit in the turret and he jumped out of the vehicle. A sniper shot him in the stomach and although he was taken to the hospital at Cela and was successfully operated on, he died later from complications.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. H. J. Vollgraaff, of Kanoneiland.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Northern Cape
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Cemetery:
 KANONEILAND (BLAAUWSKOP) CEMETERY
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