Service Details
Name:
 OLIVIER
Given Name:
 CRAIG RUDOLPH
Initials:
 C R
Service No:
 78571882BT
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 Durban Light Infantry
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Date of Death:
 1984-05-25
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Date of Birth:
 1961-11-04
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died in Military Vehicle Accident, Buffel rolled just outside Eenhana into a stormwater run-off pit and he got trapped underneath. It took 16 fellow soldiers to "pick up" the Buffel and release him from being trapped under the wheel. Unfortunately he was under water and without oxygen for too long and succumbed
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. C. M. Olivier, of Woodlands, Durban.
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:
 Cremated at Stellawood Cemetery

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