Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER MERWE
Given Name:
 HENDRIK GERHARDUS
Initials:
 H G
Service No:
 70220991PE
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 5th Reconnaissance Regiment
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Unit:
 D Sqn, 5 Recce Commando, SADF
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Former Regiment:
 while att to D Sqn, Rhodesian SAS
Date of Death:
 1978-09-21
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Date of Birth:
 1954-10-27
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by small arms fire during an attack on a ZANLA base in the Chimoio area Mozambique, Op Snoopy.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. van der Merwe, of Noordhoek, Bloemfontein. ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood)
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Free State
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Cemetery:
 BLOEMFONTEIN (SOUTHPARK) CEMETERY
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