Identity
Person No.
29352
Old ROH no.
46
Service No.
77350957BG
Last Name
First Name
John
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,627
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Van Stadensrus
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,823
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Citizen Force (Reserve)
Regiment Bloemspruit, established 1 January 1964 as a Citizen Force Infantry Regiment. Renamed Mangaung Regiment.
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Barnard
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "Regiment Bloemspruit" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
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 105-106: gives SN suffix BT vs ROH BG — confirmed match, not overwritten.
Stories 3
If this is the J Barnard that i served with he was killed at Epupa falls in the Kokoveld(sector 10 ) in May/ June of 1987. He was out on a mine hunt with his team and a CPL Corrai when the buffel in which they were traveling hit a land mine. the buffel fliped over. Both Cpl Barnard and his closed friend Corria were killed. They were from SWA Genni and only had 2 week to go before returning to 911 to train the next intak Craig ex cpl 102bn
Sadly this is not the late comrade I thought it was. Barnard and Corria from SWAGENI /102BN names are not to be found on any list Or memorial wall I checked. Sad that lives are lost and they go unrecorded Craig
I would also like to know who this Barnard is, was he the guy that did JL's with me in 1986 at Bossiesspruit near Kroonstad.I later heard that he died in a mine accident but I could never confirm it. Barrie's was part of the SWA forces and he along with Tillo von Brandis were send to the SA in 1986 for training.I have some photos of him that I would like to give to his family.
Dedications 1
when i last seen you you and your team were heading out. Your last word that i spoke was "sien jou Sat vir ons braai" Yours and Corria memory is not lost. When i hear the song part of the lyres goes " all the dream's we were building but never fufilling . I rember you guys. craig Ex 102 BN SWATF