Identity
Person No.
29644
Old ROH no.
174
Service No.
72523244PM
Last Name
First Name
Dawid Petrus
Initials
D P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, near Sheepmoor around the border of Mozambique, Swaziland and South Africa, in Super Frelon #303
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,823
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
1977 Air Force. Left column. 2nd name from the top (Burger D.P.)
Unit History
Notes
Son of Mr. B. B. Burger. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Research notes
SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1977 SAA (Kruger–Maquinda, Walker–Wilters) to 1978 SAA (Amorim–Cassamano, Hunter–Mandunga)". 1977 Air Force. Left column. 2nd name from the top (Burger D.P.).
5 Sep 2026: Unit "15 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) 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 (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), page 9 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 3
Dawie Burger was my friend when we were at school in Worcester, Cape, South Africa. He was a helicopter pilot who trained at Valhalla and Swartkops Military bases. It is more than a quarter of a century since he died and I am not at all sure of the details, except that he met his end while flying. I vaguely remember that he died somewhere around the border of Mozambique and Swaziland and SA, but I may be wrong. I mention what I know so that future researchers can start searching with a little bit of help. Francois Greeff, London, 2003. goodgreeff@hiddencode.co.uk Francois Greeff
I am Tamryn Burger my Dad Louis Burger nicknamed Vaaitjiie is Dawie's brother. Dawie birthday was 3rd October 1956, he dies when he was 21 and he was not flying the helicopter as some people like to believe, they flew into a small hill under bad weather conditions, near Ermelo.
Ek boer naby Sheepmoor , klein dorpie naby Ermelo .Weet waar die ongeluk plaasgevind het . Berg suid - wes van Sheepmoor . Sterkte vir julle met verlies , al is dit lank terug .E-pos my vir meer besonderhede of sel no.
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