Identity
Person No.
41108
Service No.
P/13792
Last Name
First Name
Casper Willem Petrus
Initials
C W P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,585
Accident
Cause of Death
Died of injuries, received while playing in the sea in March 1952, he injured his neck (fracture of vertebrae) when he was dumped by a large wave. He was admitted to hospital on 15 March 1952 as a result of complications and died following an operation, at the Sanatorium Hospital, Durban
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Airman
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
School of Infantry 53
Later renamed
Infantry School
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Notes
Son of Mrs. L. J. Nel, of Fontainbleau, Johannesburg
Citations
***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
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