Service Details
Name:
 BISHOP
Given Name:
 EDWIN CHAPLAN
Initials:
 E C
Service No:
 73344103BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 1 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1977-12-09
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Date of Birth:
 1957-08-13
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during an ambush between Eenhana and Onganga, near St Mary's Mission. 1 SAI set the ambush which resulted in the death of 9 insurgents and 2 SADF members
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Bishop, of De Mist Street, Bloubergstrand.
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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Grave Reference:
 Alternative Commemoration until grave found

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