Identity
Person No.
33584
Old ROH no.
1501
Service No.
72227390BA
Last Name
First Name
Gerhard Nicolaas
Initials
G N
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Military Service
Rank
Private
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
attd. 5th Reconnaissance Regiment
Defence Force
SADF 3,263
South African Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,738
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, at Umtali River mouth, in Cessna 185A #712
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Notes
Of Tinley Manor beach
Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories 1
1501 van rooyen g.n. killed in bosbok aircraft accident tinley manor beach. Unknown
Dedications 1
GERHARD WAS MY COUSIN AND A GREAT FRIEND. WE HAD GREAT TIMES TOGETHER IN MATATIELE, AND AT THE SAAF DORM- THE GORDONS HOTEL. ON 14 JULY 2003 IT WILL BE 27 YEARS SINCE THEIR PLANE CRASHED AT TINLEY MANOR BEACH ON THE NATAL NORTH COAST. HE WAS LAID TO REST AT STELLAWOOD CEMETRY IN DURBAN. GERHARD RUS IN VREDE OU NEEF.