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Identity
Person No.
29784
Service No.
85258192PE
Last Name
Coetsee 6
First Name
Zirk Burger
Initials
Z B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1969 (±1 yr) 300
Age at Death
30
Death Record
Date of Death
22 September 1999 98
Cause code
SHOT 545
Shot
Cause of Death
Died of injuries 577
Lieutenant Sibusiso Madubela went on a murder rampage at 1 South African Infantry Battalion because of a salary problem, which he caused by himself for being Absent Without Leave (AWOL), and systematically started shooting serving members and civilian employees with his R4 Assault Rifle. His rampage came to an abrupt end when he was intercepted and shot dead by Lieutenant Anton Otto and Warrant Officer Class I Aldo Mattheus (who was also wounded in the fire-fight) while on his way back to the Unit Armoury to replenish his ammunition. Seven SANDF members and one female civilian employee were killed, and twelve SANDF members were wounded, one of them critically
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Major
Regiment
1 South African Infantry Battalion 110
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,341
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SANDF 1,017
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,847
Locality
Free State 737
Cemetery
BLOEMFONTEIN (SOUTHPARK) CEMETERY 50
Grave Reference
Section 38. E. 46 S. 1
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (Mechanised)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Infantry Formation (SAAIF) — Mechanised Infantry — Regular
Listed under South African Army Infantry (Mechanised) (Regular) in the SA Army Units navbox.
Notes

Husband of Mrs. L. Coetsee

Research notes


Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 16 Sep 2026: 85258129PE Major Zirk Burger Coetzee, critically wounded in the same rampage, succumbed to his wounds in Pelonomie Hospital on 22 Sep 1999, age 31. CauseDeath clarified (see Coetzer 29807 note). MATCHES this existing record (stored as "Coetsee", ServiceNo "85258192PE") on FirstName/Initials/Rank/DateDeath exactly -- CONFLICTS flagged, not changed: surname spelling "Coetsee" vs Graham's "Coetzee" (a plausible alternate Afrikaans spelling, not necessarily an error), ServiceNo "85258192PE" vs Graham's "85258129PE" (the last two digits look transposed -- 92 vs 29 -- not resolved which is correct), and age 31 vs stored Age 30.

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