Identity
Person No.
29357
Old ROH no.
49
Service No.
70442538BT
Last Name
First Name
Michael
Initials
M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,625
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident. He was the driver of a military vehicle, transporting children back from school in Grootfontein to Rundu. They were involved in a head on collision with a civilian vehicle, about 100km from Grootfontein. Some of the sc
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
2nd Battalion
Defence Force
SADF 3,817
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unknown
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. D. I. Barnett, of Bloemfontein.
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
-
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 85-87 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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