Service Details
Name:
 COPPARD
Given Name:
 GLEN COLIN
Initials:
 G C
Service No:
 75510578BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 4 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1979-08-18
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Date of Birth:
 1959-04-16
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, landmine. While assisting with a wounded soldier, the combined weight of the wounded man, Glen and the attending Doctor set off a mine, killing Glen instantly as well as the wounded soldier. The Doctor died some time later
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. C. G. Coppard
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:
 Panel 06 - Cremated - Ashes at Braamfontein Cemetery

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