Service Details
Name:
 VAN HEERDEN
Given Name:
 BRUCE ALBERT
Initials:
 B A
Service No:
 89441992BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 7 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1991-08-03
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Date of Birth:
 1973-11-25
Age:
 17
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, burnt to death at Vhembi Base. He was sleeping in the kitchen to deter thieves and the kitchen caught alight
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. A. J. H. van Heerden
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:
 Cremated at Braamfontein. Ashes were "Retained"

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