Service Details
Name:
VOLSCHENK
Given Name:
LEON
Initials:
L
Service No:
84501352
Rank:
Rifleman
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Regiment:
South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
4 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
1988-07-08
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Date of Birth:
1968-04-08
Age:
20
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, in 1 Military Hospital, from the effects of a gunshot wound in his abdomen received in a shooting accident at Oshivello on 30 June 1988. He was accidentally shot by an LMG during a fire and movement training exercise
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. S. C. Volschenk, of Johannesburg.
Commemoration
Country:
South Africa
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Locality:
Gauteng
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Cemetery:
JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
12858 GenM

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