Identity
Person No.
29306
Old ROH no.
1720
Service No.
76495860BG
Last Name
First Name
Petrus Johannes
Initials
P J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,585
Accident
Cause of Death
Died of accidental injuries, received in a hand grenade explosion, at Concoroam Base
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Att 51 Bn
Defence Force
SADF 3,817
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unknown
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
1980 Army. Left column. 11th name from the top (Badenhorst P.J.)
Unit History
Notes
Son of Mr. P. N. Badenhorst, of Anerley, Kwazulu Natal. He is buried in Port Shepstone but as Mark Brady Badenhorst. Those were the names his dad always wanted to give him, but he gave in to family pressure and was named him Petrus Johannes (family names carried down generations). His dad decided it was hard enough to have to lay his son to rest, and would therefore bury him as Mark Brady, the names he always wanted to give his son.
Research notes
SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1980 Army (Abel–Ralikwatha). Photograph: South African War Graves Project.". 1980 Army. Left column. 11th name from the top (Badenhorst P.J.).
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, pages 117-119: gives date 1980-06-21 vs ROH 1980-06-20 (SN 76495860BG matches exactly) — confirmed match, not overwritten.
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