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Identity
Person No.
33483
Old ROH no.
1568
Service No.
71440051BT
Last Name
Van Der Westhuizen 55
First Name
Christiaan Hendrik
Initials
C H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1956 (±1 yr) 376
Age at Death
21
Military Service
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
South African Infantry Corps 1,078
Unit
Witwatersrand Rifles 2
Secondary Unit
United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur
Defence Force
SADF 3,283
South African Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
26 June 1977 101
Cause code
ACC 1,461
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident 256
Died in Freak Accident, fell from Unimog, at Ovambo
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1,596
Location
Country
South Africa 23,001
Locality
Gauteng 9,446
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,910
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Dedications 1
by Crystal on 24 August 2009
Tot vandag toe weet ons nie regtig wat gebeur het nie, net dat jy van 'n Unimog afgeval het - as iemand dalk weet wat hier gebeur het met Chris van der Westhuizen, epos my asb. Dalk kan iemand wat in WITS RIFLES was en weet wat gebeur het help om te verstaan en te berus.