Service Details
Name:
 VAVARIRAI
Given Name:
 ELIAS VIVA
Initials:
 E V
Rank:
 Warrant Officer Class II
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Regiment:
 5 Special Forces Regiment
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Date of Death:
 2002-08-22
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Age:
 46
Cause of Death:
 Died of injuries, received in Fire Incident, smoke inhalation and burns sustained on 13 August 2002 during a veld fire at the Police Special Task Force Verdrag anti-terrorist training area. Operators from 5 Special Forces Regiment and members from the Special Task Force were conducting a joint final training exercise to deploy operationally for the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
Additional
Information:
Of Namakgale near Ba-Phalaborwa
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:
 Alternative Commemoration until grave found

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