Identity
Person No.
29586
Old ROH no.
35664
Service No.
81309981BT
Last Name
First Name
Pieter
Initials
P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DROW 1,200
Drowned
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident, drowned at Witriver, at Komatipoort
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Secondary Unit
"B" Coy.
Defence Force
SADF 3,822
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
Airborne Infantry
Status
Mixed: 1 Parachute Battalion Permanent Force (Regular); 2 & 3 Parachute Battalion Reserve Force
Part of
1 Parachute Battalion established 1 April 1961 (Regular Force). 44 Parachute Brigade formed April 1978 with the addition of 2 and 3 Parachute Battalions (Reserve Force); redesignated 44 Parachute Regiment in 2000. Status varies by battalion -- check Unit field for which battalion a given record belonged to before assuming Regular vs Reserve.
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Breytenbach
Citations
Unknown
External References
- 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), page 24 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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