Service Details
Name:
 PEDRO
Given Name:
 RUI
Initials:
 R
Service No:
 76927011SP
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South West African Territory Force
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Unit:
 32 (Buffalo) Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1977-09-11
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Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, with an Anti-personel mine during operations. He was carrying the armed mines they had lifted at their supply cache and he tripped, detonating them
Additional
Information:
ref "Die Buffel Struikel" by LJ Bothma
Commemoration
Country:
 Namibia
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Locality:
 Caprivi
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Cemetery:
 KIMBO CEMETERY, BUFFALO
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Grave Reference:
 OLD SEC 4

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