Service Details
Name:
 VAN HEERDEN
Given Name:
 FREDERIK ANDRIES JACOBUS (FRIKKIE)
Initials:
 F A J
Service No:
 448656-1
Trade:
 Dog Handler
Rank:
 Inspector
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Regiment:
 South African Police
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Date of Death:
 2006-06-25
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Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Killed in Jeppestown when ambushed by 22 well armed robbers (subsequently 8 Killed /14 Arrested ) who had robbed the PICK AND PAY Honeydew. One of the robbers was wounded when trying to escape and he lead the police to the house in Jeppie where a shoot out occurred
Additional
Information:
Son of Frederik Andries Jacobus and Helena Elizabeth (nee Nel) van Heerden. Husband of Leonie (nee Mynhardt) van Heerden. ref. SAPS Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 KRUGERSDORP (STERKFONTEIN) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 His K-9 dog is remembered on his headstone

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