Identity
Person No.
33680
Service No.
76201920BG
Last Name
First Name
Erasmus Albertus
Initials
E A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Military Service
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died when a 30mm HE shell from an Impala was picked up by a fellow soldier, the shell was unexploded and one of the two of them took it apart with a Swiss army knife. The shell exploded killing him
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Mrs. E. P. Venter, of Pretoria.
Citation
He distinguished himself as part of Bravo Group during Op Savannah
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project