Service Details
Name:
 POTGIETER
Given Name:
 ERASMUS CHRISTOFFEL
Initials:
 E C
Service No:
 72205859BC
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 Air Force Base Rooikop
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Date of Death:
 1975-10-21
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Date of Birth:
 1956-01-11
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died in Shooting Incident, killed while playing "Russian Roulette" at a private house in Walvis Bay.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. P. A. C. Potgieter, of Virginia.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Free State
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Cemetery:
 VIRGINIA CEMETERY
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