In Memory Of

HARVEY, GAVIN JOHN

Service Details
Age:
 21
Date of Birth:
 1960-02-28
Service No:
 76244718BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
Unit:
 "B" Coy.
Regiment:
 1 Parachute Battalion
Date of Death:
 1981-06-02
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, severely wounded in the chest and lungs by shrapnel from a Yugoslavian M60P Pencil STRIM rifle grenade during follow-up operations against SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in conjunction with Koevoet Units on 22 May 1981. He was evacuated to the Hospital in Grootfontein where he was stabilised before being evacuated by air to 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria the following day. He unfortunately succumbed to his wounds in 1 Military Hospital on 01 June 1981.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 E.C. "B" Sec. Grave 1514.
Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Harvey