THE MURDER OF CAPT BM VAN HEERDEN
MOORD OP KAPT BM VAN HEERDEN
Nongqai 1947/3 & SARP 1974/9
Abstract
On 30 December 1946 a criminal, Piet Matthyse, wanted for murder shot at the SA Police and killed Capt BM van Heerden just outside the little hamlet of Vanrhynsdorp.
Keywords
Barend Matthys van Heerden, Captain
Grootboom, Jim & Esther
Olivier, Sgt
Oudtshoorn
Piet Mattyse
Riversdal
Van der Merwe, Sgt
Vanrhynsdorp
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