Service Details
Name:
 KRUGER
Given Name:
 PETRUS
Initials:
 P
Service No:
 76360833BG
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 6 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1981-08-28
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Date of Birth:
 1960-10-20
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, while on patrol in Southern Angola. The Patrol had formed into a defensive circle when a High Explosive mortar bomb or artillery shell landed and exploded near their position. Both members suffered multiple shrapnel wounds and were killed instantly
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. H. E. Kruger
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Mpumalanga
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Cemetery:
 ERMELO AREA CEMETERY ?
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