Identity
Person No.
29308
Service No.
84399393BT
Last Name
First Name
Rudolf Johannes
Initials
R J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,625
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident near Mooi Plaas in the Kruger National Park. He was busy with a compulsory camp and crashed the vehicle at night, on a unauthorized trip
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,817
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unknown
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Mechanised Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
Regiment de la Rey, established 1934 as one of the new Afrikaans-language Citizen Force units of the Union Defence Force. Renamed General de la Rey Regiment; one of only six mechanised units in the SANDF Reserve Force as of the post-1994 period.
Notes
Husband of Mrs. C. E. Badenhorst, of Stilfontein.
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 26 Sep 2025: 84399393BT Rifleman Rudolf Johannes Badenhorst, Regiment de la Rey, killed in a military vehicle accident while carrying out an unauthorised trip at night near Mooiplaas in the Kruger National Park; compulsory military camp, age 20. ROH service number lacked BT. | Also Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 26 Sep 2023 (same anniversary names).
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "Regiment De la Rey" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 26 Sep 2025: 84399393BT Rifleman Rudolf Johannes Badenhorst, Regiment de la Rey, killed in a military vehicle accident while carrying out an unauthorised trip at night near Mooiplaas in the Kruger National Park; compulsory military camp, age 20. ROH service number lacked BT.
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 26 Sep 2023: 84399393BT Rifleman Rudolf Johannes Badenhorst, Regiment de la Rey, killed in a military vehicle accident on an unauthorised night trip near Mooiplaas in the Kruger National Park, age 20.
- 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 107-108 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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