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Photo of Basson
Identity
Person No.
29194
Old ROH no.
53
Service No.
66327941PE
Last Name
Basson 31
First Name
Gabriel Johannes Jacobus
Initials
G J J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1951 (±1 yr) 254
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
03 May 1979 114
Cause code
DROW 1,200
Drowned
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident 255
Died in Freak Accident, drowned when the boat in which he was traveling struck an underwater obstruction and he fell overboard, at Kavango River
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Captain
Regiment
4 South African Infantry Battalion 97
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,342
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,817
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,850
Locality
Mpumalanga 425
Cemetery
STANDERTON (LOMBARD) CEMETERY 11
Grave Reference
Unknown
Memorial
1978 SAA (Hitchens–Human, Wolmarans) to 1979 SAA (Akaando–Djolomien, Maarman–Saal)
Names on 1978-1979 SAA Hitchens-Saal
Memorial
SADF Wall of Remembrance
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Voortrekker Monument, Eeufees Road, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa
Coordinates
-25.77639, 28.17583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
1978-1979 SAA Hitchens-Saal
On the panel
1979 Army. Left column. 6th name from the top (Basson G.J.J.)
Unit History
Part of
Infantry Formation (SAAIF) — Motorised Infantry — Regular
Notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Basson

Research notes

SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1978 SAA (Hitchens–Human, Wolmarans) to 1979 SAA (Akaando–Djolomien, Maarman–Saal)". 1979 Army. Left column. 6th name from the top (Basson G.J.J.).
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added -- database-wide sweep for SADF Border War operational-area deaths within the medal's gazetted window (25 Jun 1976 - 27 Apr 2003), per the warrant's died-before-qualifying-period provision. See PersonAward.Citation for the gazette references.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added earlier today REVERTED -- John obtained the actual Government Gazette (GG 5171/5575); the "died before completing the qualifying period" provision relied on does not exist in the primary text (it was a secondary-source claim). Actual Rule 5 requires (a) combat/enemy-caused incident, (b) a Ministerially-acknowledged operation (clasp), or (c) 55+ continuous/90+ non-continuous days in an operational area -- none of which this record's cause of death clearly demonstrates.

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