Service Details
Name:
 DE WAAL
Given Name:
 JACOB CONRAD
Initials:
 J C
Service No:
 70510813BT
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 2 Parachute Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1978-05-04
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Date of Birth:
 1954-09-03
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Ops Reindeer, raid on Cassinga, the greatest airborne raid on the continent of Africa in history. Shot clearing trenches
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. E. M. de Waal, of Weavind Park, Pretoria.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Free State
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Cemetery:
 ROUXVILLE CEMETERY
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