Service Details
Name:
 MYBURGH
Given Name:
 GERHARDUS JOHAN
Initials:
 G J
Service No:
 78547817BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 1 South African Infantry Battalion
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Unit 2:
 attd. 61 Mechanised Battalion Group
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Date of Death:
 1981-09-17
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Date of Birth:
 1962-03-22
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died in a accidental shooting incident at Omuthiya. During the filming of a documentary for the SABC TV, he was killed by a 20mm HE round, fired from a Ratel.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. D. G. Myburgh, of Elandsfontein.
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:
 Alternative Commemoration until grave found

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