Identity
Person No.
33457
Old ROH no.
1555
Service No.
85269223BG
Last Name
First Name
Hermanus Swanepoel
Initials
H S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Military Service
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,576
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died from injuries received on the 25 Sep 1989 in a military vehicle accident, 16 km outside Jan Kemp Dorp, while busy with Military Police duties. He died in the Universitas Hospital in Bloemfontein
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
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Panel
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Notes
Son of Mr. & Mrs. WCJ van der Merwe of Stilfontein
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 11 Oct 2024: 85269223BG Lance Corporal Hermanus Swanepoel van der Merwe, 93 Ammunition Depot, critically injured in a military vehicle accident on 25 Sep 1989 16km outside Jan Kempdorp while carrying out Military Police duties; died from his injuries at Universitas Hospital, Bloemfontein, on 11 Oct 1989, age 20.
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 11 Oct 2024: 85269223BG Lance Corporal Hermanus Swanepoel van der Merwe, 93 Ammunition Depot, critically injured in a military vehicle accident on 25 Sep 1989 16km outside Jan Kempdorp while carrying out Military Police duties; died from his injuries at Universitas Hospital, Bloemfontein, on 11 Oct 1989, age 20.
- South African War Graves Project
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