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Identity
Person No.
37067
Service No.
71279822
Last Name
Buys 30
First Name
Frans Barend
Initials
F B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1954 (±1 yr) 318
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
08 November 1978 131
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Died from a medical condition 3
Died from a medical condition
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
1 Parachute Battalion 43
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Police
Defence Force
SADF 3,828
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
Locality
Free State 737
Cemetery
BLOEMFONTEIN (IN MEMORIAM) CEMETERY 78
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 9
Coordinates
-29.14566, 26.20732 OSM
Unit History
Role at time of death
Airborne light infantry (paratroops)
Status
Regular Force
Part of
44 Parachute Brigade
Raised 1 April 1961 at Tempe. First battalion of 44 Parachute Brigade from 1978.
Notes

Son of Mr. D. P. J. Buys, of Bloemfontein.

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