Identity
Person No.
29200
Old ROH no.
57
Service No.
70398011KT
Last Name
First Name
Johannes Ferdinand
Initials
J F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DROW 1,204
Drowned
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident, drowned near Impalila Island on the Chobe River while attempting to cross
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (area defence)
Status
Commando (Area Bound Reserve)
Part of
SADF Commando System
category
Generic Regiment-field text used across hundreds of records whose actual unit is a specific local Commando (e.g. Rustenburg Commando, Boksburg Commando -- captured in Unit). Post-WWII, "Commando" is its own force-component category alongside Regular/Permanent Force and Active Citizen Force -- area-bound, part-time reserve units tied to a specific district, mobilised for local counter-insurgency/area protection duties during the Border War era. Not a single regiment; this Status applies to the whole category.
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. and M. D. E. Baum, of Rustenburg.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
open source ↗
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), pages 17-18 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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