Identity
Person No.
29303
Old ROH no.
38
Service No.
80325558BG
Last Name
First Name
Joachim Jacobus
Initials
J J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,631
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, buffel rolled on wet road, at Tsumeb
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Unit History
Role at time of death
Mechanised Infantry (combined-arms battalion group)
Status
Regular Force
Part of
Formed 1978 as Battle Group Juliet (SWAPO counter-insurgency, Ovamboland); formally named 61 Mechanised Battalion (Group) January 1979; disbanded 2005 at Lohatla. "Battalion Group" reflects its integral combined-arms structure: two Ratel-20-mounted infantry companies, an armoured car/tank squadron (Eland/Ratel-90, later Olifant), an integral G5 howitzer artillery battery, an 81mm mortar platoon, an anti-tank platoon, and an anti-aircraft troop -- not merely units attached for one operation. Fought at the Battle of the Lomba River, 1987. No evidence found that it was ever subordinated to or redesignated as a "61 Mechanised Brigade" -- see the note on that separate OrgEntity record.
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Badenhorst
Research notes
Gunners Association RoH lists them (South African Border War 1984 Gunner J.J. Badenhorst) - https://www.gunners.org.za/home-2/roll-of-honour/
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Gunners' Association of South Africa Roll of Honour
open source ↗
South African Border War 1984 Gunner J.J. Badenhorst
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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 98-99 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War in Angola Member Dedications forum (www.warinangola.com), Excel export supplied by Johan Schoeman, 1 Sep 2026. Forum post(s): 46862.
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Dedications 1
From John Boulter: The Buffel has a problem with the accelerator sticking. The Tiffis fixed it. It started to stick again. They were on a farm road and he was opening a closing gates. There was another gate coming up after the bend , so he did not get in and strap in he sat on the bin . The driver said the accelerator stuck and he lost control going round the bend . It happened in the Tsume farming area. The SWA police charged the driver who went to court in Windhoek and received a fine.