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Identity
Person No.
30735
Service No.
84481994BG
Last Name
First Name
Johannes Reinhard Gerhardus
Initials
J R G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Military Service
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, during an air attack by MIG 23s on the Calueque dam (50km North of SWA border, Angola). His Buffel was hit by a parachute retarded bomb, killing all eight soldiers from 8 SAI. An Eland armoured car was also hit, killing all 3 crew members
Grave Reference
Location
Additional Information
Notes
Attached to 10th Armoured Car Squadron. Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Holder, of Carltonville.
Citation
LG Sup 7 June 1951 pg. 3097 - "King's birthday"
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project