Service Details
Name:
 DA COSTA MIRANDA
Given Name:
 ANTHONY RAUL
Initials:
 A R
Service No:
 76539691BG
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Ordnance Service Corps
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Unit:
 Services School
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Date of Death:
 1979-11-06
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Date of Birth:
 1960-04-03
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died in Shooting Incident at Services School, Pretoria. He was shot by another soldier who was cleaning his private firearm when a shot went off that hit him in the head, killing him instantly. He was on duty at the time.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Da Costa Miranda, of Victoria, Johannesburg.
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 at Braamfontein. Ashes taken by the family

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