Identity
Person No.
33448
Old ROH no.
1549
Service No.
65436966KV
Last Name
First Name
Desmond Reginald
Initials
D R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
38
Military Service
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
attd. 53 Battalion
Defence Force
SADF 3,290
South African Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,576
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Pedestrian Accident, killed when run over by a civilian vehicle that failed to stop at a military roadblock near Upington
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Notes
Son of Mrs. R. van der Merwe
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 08 Dec 2017: 65436966KV Rifleman Desmond Reginald van der Merwe, Gordonia Commando, Two Gordonia Commando members killed when a civilian vehicle failed to stop at a military roadblock near Upington. Same incident as Burger and van der Merwe. He was 38.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 08 Dec 2017: 65436966KV Rifleman Desmond Reginald van der Merwe, Gordonia Commando, Two Gordonia Commando members killed when a civilian vehicle failed to stop at a military roadblock near Upington. Same incident as Burger and van der Merwe. He was 38.
- South African War Graves Project
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