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Identity
Person No.
32469
Service No.
85092385PC
Last Name
Petersen 52
First Name
Dawid
Initials
D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1966 (±1 yr) 243
Age at Death
22
Military Service
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
South African Infantry Corps 1,067
Unit
54 Battalion 15
Secondary Unit
Navy
Death Record
Date of Death
23 January 1988 102
Cause of Death
Killed in action 9,874
Killed in action, during a fierce engagement with a numerically superior force of FAPLA and PLAN troops, in South Eastern Angola
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1,598
Location
Country
South Africa 17,413
Locality
Gauteng 9,426
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,912
Additional Information
Notes

No additional information known at this time

Citation

LG Sup 3 March 1917 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has at all times set a splendid example of courage and determination"

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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