Identity
Person No.
29396
Old ROH no.
72
Service No.
73310047BC
Last Name
First Name
Pieter
Initials
P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,626
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Grahamstown
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Trooper
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
Defence Force
SADF 3,821
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Unknown
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
1978 Army. Left column. 6th name from the top (Benade P.)
Notes
Son of Mrs. J. Benade. Town of Hartebeesfontein, is between Klerksdorp and Ottosdal
Research notes
SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1977 SAA (Kruger–Maquinda, Walker–Wilters) to 1978 SAA (Amorim–Cassamano, Hunter–Mandunga)". 1978 Army. Left column. 6th name from the top (Benade P.). DATE DISCREPANCY 25 Aug 2026: pantser.cmvo.org.za's SADF deaths PDF gives this person's Sterf (date of death) as "11 05 87" (DD MM YY) against the same ServiceNo (73310047BC) and name -- differs from this record's DateDeath (1978-05-11). Not overwritten, flagged for reference.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Lys van Weermaglede wat aan diens gesterf het (SADF deaths, pantser.cmvo.org.za)
open source ↗
SADF deaths PDF cross-check, 25 Aug 2026 -- date discrepancy noted
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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 90-91 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 2
Was killed in a morter attack at Katima on 23/8/1978 Tim
My name is Bobby Thomson. I was in Katima Mulilo that night. I was a gunner and served at the mortar locating radar (32 Loc Battery) which was situated on a tower next to the heli pad. The second red eye landed between us and the heli-pad . We then directed fire onto pre-listed targets along the river and in Sesheke and the guns at golf wiped out all their long and medium range weapons within the first 10 - 15 minutes after the attack. I remember that we were in a direct line between Golf firebase and some of the targets in Zambia. We would see the firing of the guns, then hear the shells come overhead and hear the explosions when they landed. Lt Schalekamp gave mopping-up fire orders the next day. The next day we went to look at the bungalow and what we saw remained with me for many a year after that.
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