Identity
Person No.
29587
Service No.
81309981BT
Last Name
First Name
Piet M
Initials
P M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Military Service
Rank
Warrant Officer Class I
Regiment
Secondary Unit
Air Force
Defence Force
SANDF 835
South African National Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,462
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident, was busy with the identification of unexploded aircraft-mounted bombs and ammunition at the Roodewal bombing range outside Polokwane (Pietersburg) when a mortar exploded after he had picked it up. He was part of the clearing crew based at the range, which was used by the SAAF
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
ref. 85 years of SAAF
Citations
Unknown
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