Service Details
Name:
 GAINSFORD
Given Name:
 GAVIN
Initials:
 G
Service No:
 84585785BG
Rank:
 Recruit
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 5 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1987-03-16
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Date of Birth:
 1968-09-11
Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Died in Military Vehicle Accident, Samil 50 was returning troops from Durban Airport to Ladysmith when the vehicle skidded and rolled, 10 kms east of Colenso, Kwazulu Natal
Additional
Information:
Son of Nelson Eddy Gainsford, of Mossel Bay. On Mossel Bay War Memorial, Western Cape.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 KLEIN BRAKRIVIER CEMETERY
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