Service Details
Name:
 VAN ZYL
Given Name:
 PAUL KEADY DONOVAN
Initials:
 P K D
Service No:
 68438340BT
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 Regiment Westelike Provinsie
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Date of Death:
 1977-03-25
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Date of Birth:
 1952-06-18
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, at Keetmanshoop. A goods train loaded with iron ore struck a stationary troop train at the Keetmanshoop station.
Additional
Information:
Son of William Keady Donovan van Zyl and Irma Elizabeth van Zyl. Brother of Steven and Richard and fiance of Shelly Hamber, all of Cape Town. On Keetmanshoop Station Memorial
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 CREMATED
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Grave Reference:
 Ashes scattered at Newlands Forest, Cape Town.

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