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Identity
Person No.
41642
Service No.
05210935E
Last Name
Swanepoel 46
First Name
Pieter Johannes
Initials
P J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1939 (±1 yr) 101
Age at Death
26
Military Service
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
South African Army 181
Unit
TS Training Centre 29
Secondary Unit
attd. South African Medical Corps
Death Record
Date of Death
18 November 1965 110
Cause of Death
Suicide 331
Committed suicide, bullet wound to the head, in his home, at Pretoria
Grave Reference
Grave 482 1
Location
Country
South Africa 17,413
Locality
Gauteng 9,426
Cemetery
THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY 591
Coordinates
-25.78214, 28.12179
Additional Information
Notes

Born Natal. Resided with his wife in Church Hill Road, TEK Camp, Lyttelton. Sadly, he seems to have shot himself a few days after his wife committed suicide. They are buried together.

Citation

***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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