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Identity
Person No.
29645
Old ROH no.
2037
Service No.
75342147BT
Last Name
Burger 55
First Name
Frans Karel Petrus
Initials
F K P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1959 (±1 yr) 442
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
04 March 1981 109
Cause code
ACC 1,585
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident 255
Died in Freak Accident, Reported Missing while crossing a river on patrol near Ruacana (Sector 10). He disappeared under the water and despite an intensive search his body was never located. He has no known grave and remains unaccounted for
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Cape Town Highlanders 73
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,342
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,817
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,850
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Body not recovered 79
Memorial
Memorial
SADF Wall of Remembrance
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Voortrekker Monument, Eeufees Road, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa
Coordinates
-25.77639, 28.17583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Attached To
53 Bn
Part of
71 Motorised Brigade
Notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. P. Burger

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 04 Mar 2024: 75342147BT Rifleman Frans Karel Petrus Burger, Cape Town Highlanders, Reported Missing while crossing a river on patrol near Ruacana. He disappeared under the water; intensive search found no body; no known grave, age 22. ROH already Sector 10 river disappearance; Ruacana / Reported Missing / no known grave filled. Unit2 already attd. 53 Bn. | Also Last Post 04 Mar 2021: 75342147BT Rifleman Frans Karel Petrus Burger, Cape Town Highlanders, Reported Missing crossing a river near Ruacana, age 22.
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "Cape Town Highlanders Regiment" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added -- database-wide sweep for SADF Border War operational-area deaths within the medal's gazetted window (25 Jun 1976 - 27 Apr 2003), per the warrant's died-before-qualifying-period provision. See PersonAward.Citation for the gazette references.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added earlier today REVERTED -- John obtained the actual Government Gazette (GG 5171/5575); the "died before completing the qualifying period" provision relied on does not exist in the primary text (it was a secondary-source claim). Actual Rule 5 requires (a) combat/enemy-caused incident, (b) a Ministerially-acknowledged operation (clasp), or (c) 55+ continuous/90+ non-continuous days in an operational area -- none of which this record's cause of death clearly demonstrates.

Citations
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External References
  • Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
    Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 04 Mar 2024: 75342147BT Rifleman Frans Karel Petrus Burger, Cape Town Highlanders, Reported Missing while crossing a river on patrol near Ruacana. He disappeared under the water; intensive search found no body; no known grave, age 22. ROH already Sector 10 river disappearance; Ruacana / Reported Missing / no known grave filled. Unit2 already attd. 53 Bn.
  • Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
    Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 04 Mar 2021: 75342147BT Rifleman Frans Karel Petrus Burger from the Cape Town Highlanders was Reported Missing while crossing a river when on a patrol near Ruacana. He disappeared under the water and despite an intensive search, his body was never located. He has no known grave and remains unaccounted for. He was 22.
  • SADF.info Border Roll of Honour open source ↗
    SADF.info Border RoH
  • South African War Graves Project open source ↗
  • The War in Angola open source ↗
    War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), page 24 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
  • The War in Angola open source ↗
    War in Angola Member Dedications forum (www.warinangola.com), Excel export supplied by Johan Schoeman, 1 Sep 2026. Forum post(s): 15310, 15311.
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Dedications 1
by undefined:undefined on 12 July 2016 · via War in Angola
Ek was in daardie operasie n krokidil het hom gegryp toe ons oor rivier swem na n aanval 2 dae later het ons sy liggaam gevind stroom af. Hy is in stikland begrawe soos ek weet, moet nog sy graf gaan besoek.
Dit was ook nie Cape Town highlanders nie maar

Sal daardie dag nooit vergeet nie RIP