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Identity
Person No.
33796
Service No.
75289629PE
Last Name
Ward 23
First Name
David John
Initials
D J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1960 (±1 yr) 390
Age at Death
24
Military Service
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Regiment
South African Infantry Corps 1,067
Unit
101 Battalion 108
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
11 March 1984 140
Cause of Death
Killed in action 9,874
Killed in action, contact with enemy. He was killed in an ambush when he was wounded in the right hip but died of blood loss
Grave Reference
Ashes at St. John The Baptist Anglican Church, Harrismith, Free State 1
Location
Country
South Africa 17,413
Locality
Free State 728
Cemetery
HARRISMITH CEMETERY 15
Coordinates
-28.269, 29.13346
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. S. Ward, of Johannesburg. His ashes lie next to his grandmother's in the St. John the Baptist Anglican Church.

Citation

He distinguished himself as part of Bravo Group during Op Savannah

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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