Identity
Person No.
29405
Old ROH no.
77
Service No.
70557797KV
Last Name
First Name
Jan Carl
Initials
J C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
42
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,627
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Private Vehicle Accident, while on his way to the Unit Headquarters after being called up for duty during the state of emergency
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Unknown
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (area defence)
Status
Commando (Area Bound Reserve)
Part of
SADF Commando System
category
Generic Regiment-field text used across hundreds of records whose actual unit is a specific local Commando (e.g. Rustenburg Commando, Boksburg Commando -- captured in Unit). Post-WWII, "Commando" is its own force-component category alongside Regular/Permanent Force and Active Citizen Force -- area-bound, part-time reserve units tied to a specific district, mobilised for local counter-insurgency/area protection duties during the Border War era. Not a single regiment; this Status applies to the whole category.
Notes
Husband of Mrs. M. Bergh, of Louis Trichardt
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 120-122 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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