Service Details
Name:
 MULLER
Given Name:
 LEON GEORGE
Initials:
 L G
Service No:
 69444685N
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 Air Force Gymnasium
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Date of Death:
 1972-03-24
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Date of Birth:
 1953-10-10
Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Died of heat exhaustion, in 1 Military Hospital. After a day of target shooting at the Skurweberg Shooting Range, the Flight Sergeant in charge of the troops was not satisfied with the results of the shooting so after a punishment session at the range, the recruits had to run back to the Air Force Gymnasium in Valhalla. Some of the troops, including Private MULLER collapsed and were picked up by ambulance and taken back to the Sickbay. Private MULLER arrived in critical condition and was taken to 1 Military Hospital where he later succumbed after suffering Multiple Organ Failure.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. I. L. Muller. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 03

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