Service Details
Name:
 GROBLER
Given Name:
 LEON
Initials:
 L
Service No:
 70523410BT
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 2 Parachute Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1980-02-27
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Date of Birth:
 1954-06-28
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, landmine. Critically wounded when he detonated an anti-personnel mine on 20 February 1980 near Tsumeb which severed his femoral artery. He was evacuated to 1 Military Hospital where he underwent successful surgery. Unfortunately on 27 February 1980, the wound started bleeding again during the night and by the time this fact was detected by medical personnel, he had suffered severe blood-loss and succumbed to his injuries
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. S. E. van Vuuren
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Mpumalanga
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Cemetery:
 BETHAL NEW CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 F11

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