Service Details
Name:
 COETZEE
Given Name:
 ABRAHAM PAULUS JACOBUS
Initials:
 A P J
Service No:
 88214028BG
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 South African Armoured Corps
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Unit:
 School of Armour
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Date of Death:
 1991-04-14
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Date of Birth:
 1972-02-15
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died in Shooting Incident, at Army Battle School. They were drinking beer and playing with a R5 rifle. Someone produced a live round and they were playing by loading the weapon. A shot went off, killing Trooper Coetzee
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. A. P. J. Coetzee and Mrs. N. Coetzee, of Orkney, Orange Free State.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Unknown
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Cemetery:
 UNKNOWN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Reportedly buried in Stilfontein

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