Service Details
Name:
 CRONJE
Given Name:
 DANIEL JOHANNES
Initials:
 D J
Service No:
 85278729BG
Regiment:
 South African Armoured Corps
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Unit:
 2 Special Service Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1987-06-23
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Date of Birth:
 1969-01-27
Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Died of bullet wound, to the head, at 1 Military Hospital. He was AWOL at the time and used his father's .22 revolver to play "Russian Roulette" while at his girlfriend's house
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. J. M. N. Cronje, of Rustenburg.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
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