Service Details
Name:
 GEDDES
Given Name:
 PETER WILLIAM
Initials:
 P W
Service No:
 68394394BG
Trade:
 Doctor
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Medical Service
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Unit 2:
 attd. 53 Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1980-11-04
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Date of Birth:
 1952-03-04
Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Okatopi. Died in an ambush near 53 SAI base while en route to the base, from Grootfontein. He had just arrived to start his 3 months Border duty.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. E. W. Geddes, of Witbank.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY
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