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Identity
Person No.
33808
Service No.
96704887 PR
Last Name
Watkins 19
First Name
Edward
Initials
J T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1962 (±1 yr) 332
Age at Death
34
Military Service
Rank
Sapper
Regiment
South African Corps of Engineers 100
Unit
4 Survey and Mapping Regiment 1
Secondary Unit
Navy
Death Record
Date of Death
11 October 1996 133
Cause of Death
Suicide 331
Committed suicide, by shooting himself with R4 rifle at Shooting Range
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1,598
Location
Country
South Africa 17,413
Locality
Gauteng 9,426
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,912
Additional Information
Notes

No additional information known at this time

Citation

"He displayed leadership of a high order. He personally led an attack on the road-block protecting the Pungwe Bridge, and then proceeded to lay explosive charges whilst under fire from the enemy"

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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