Service Details
Name:
RIX
Given Name:
RIAN
Initials:
R
Service No:
76245679BG
Rank:
Corporal
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Regiment:
South African Commandos
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Unit:
11 Kimberley Commando
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Date of Death:
1979-04-13
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Date of Birth:
1960-05-26
Age:
18
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, in a contact near Okatope base south of Ondangwa. Attacked on his last patrol before going home from the Border 3.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. C. Rix, of Klipfontein, Phillippi.
Commemoration
Country:
South Africa
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Locality:
Western Cape
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Cemetery:
CAPE TOWN (PHILLIPI) EVANGELICAL LUTHERIAN CEMETERY
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