Martin Jacobus Lewis (1950 - 1996)

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Biography

South African Defence Force 1957 – 1994 South African Army, South African Personnel Services Corps.

Warrant Officer Martin Jacobus Lewis Died in Service during South African Bush War 26 August 1966 - 15 January 1990.

Martin Jacobus Lewis is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa

Birth

Name: Martin Jacobus Lewis ^{[1] [2]}

Event Date: 4 March 1950 ^[2]

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Force number: not known ^[2]

Rank: Warrant Officer ^{[1] [2]}

Surname: Lewis ^{[1] [2]}

Names: M. J. ^{[1] [2]}

Regiment: South African Personnel Services Corps ^{[1] [2]}

Unit: Formely 82 Mechanised Brigade ^{[1] [2]}

Decorations: Honoris Crux (not awarded, museum exhibit) ^[1]

Citations: Awarded for a non-combat or non-operational act of bravery on 12 September 1990 while serving with 82 Mechanised Brigade. Warrant Officer Martin Jacobus Lewis was pulling a pilot out of his burning Bosbok (light aircraft) after the Bosbok pranged near Potchefstroom in 1990. ^{[1] [2]}

Cemetery: South Africa, Transvaal, Voortrekkerhoogte / Thaba Tswane (new) military cemetery ^[2]

Death

Event Date: 21 April 1996 ^[2]

Age: 46 years ^[2]

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Warrant Officer, Lewis, M. J. Seen and entered Dec 2023, by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11} South African War Graves Project Grave of Martin J. Lewis Seen and entered Dec 2023, by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz