Service Details
Name:
 BESTER
Given Name:
 JOHANNES JACOBUS
Initials:
 J J
Service No:
 67482463N
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Armoured Corps
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Unit:
 School of Armour
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Date of Death:
 1971-02-01
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Date of Birth:
 1951-08-23
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, when a 90mm HE anti tank round exploded in the breech of the cannon in his armoured car, near Bloemfontein
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. J. J. Bester, of Vryburg
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Northern Cape
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Cemetery:
 PIET PLESSIS CEMETERY
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