Identity
Person No.
29231
Old ROH no.
11
Service No.
72477714BA
Last Name
First Name
Danie
Initials
D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,625
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, while on Op Savannah. He was in the turret of an Eland armoured car, about 100km south of Luanda, when the brakes failed on a downhill, causing the vehicle to run away and overturn. He was thrown from the vehicle and died of a broken neck
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Operation
Operation
Dates
1975-10-14 to 1976-03-27
About
SADF intervention in the Angolan Civil War following Portugal's withdrawal, in support of UNITA and the FNLA against the Soviet/Cuban-backed MPLA. South African armoured columns (Task Force Zulu and others) advanced deep into Angola, reaching within striking distance of Luanda, before withdrawing by late March 1976 amid international and domestic political fallout. South Africa's first large post-WWII conventional deployment and the opening chapter of the Border War's Angola phase.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Armour
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Same lineage as the Special Service Battalion (OrgEntityID 5278, pass 1) -- "1 Special Service Battalion" is the specific numbered battalion within that Permanent Force unit.
Notes
Son of Dr. and Mrs. F. Anderson, of Pretoria.
Research notes
Colyn Brookes, Mibisa: Volume One – Western Cape (Lulu, 2013, ISBN 9781447682523): Paarl, Parys Cemetery, Jan Van Riebeeck Road.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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MIBISA Volume One – Western Cape
open source ↗
Paarl, Parys Cemetery, Jan Van Riebeeck Road
- 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 85-87 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 1
Trooper S.M. Anderson was killed in an Eland armoured car accident near Novo Redondo in Angola, on 17 December 1975, during Operation Savannah. His fellow crewmen, Troopers S.M. Palmer and J.T. Lawson, were both injured in the same accident. Information extracted from Avontuur in Angola by Sophia du Preez (J.L. van Schaik 1989) Peter
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