Service Details
Name:
 SMITH
Given Name:
 WILLIAM RUSSEL
Initials:
 W R
Service No:
 72265465PE
Rank:
 Petty Officer
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Regiment:
 South African Navy
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Unit:
 SAS President Kruger
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Unit 2:
 Mess 12
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Date of Death:
 1982-02-18
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Date of Birth:
 1956-10-20
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Died in the crash of the SAS President Kruger into the SAS Tafelberg.
Additional
Information:
Husband of Leslie Lorraine Smith, of Kommetjie, Cape Province. ***He was mustered as a Chef on the SAS President Kruger. ***Officially declared dead on 26 Aug 1982.
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:
 Body not recovered

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