In Memory Of

LABUSCHAGNE, GYSBERT JACOBUS

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1966-04-20
Service No:
 W409678R
Rank:
 Constable
Regiment:
 South African Police
Date of Death:
 1987-01-10
Cause of Death:
 Murdered, hand grenade thrown into vehicle in KTC squatter camp, Cape Town
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 INDWE CEMETERY, WODEHOUSE DISTRICT
Localitly:
 Eastern Cape
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Police Star for Merit (Posthumous)
Son of Jan Gabriel Labuschagne and Gladys Shirley Dewing. Matriculated at Indwe High School. Posthumously awarded the South African Police Star For Merit. His step brother D R Dewing also died in service. ref. Gallantry Awards of the South African Police 1913-1994