Identity
Person No.
29792
Old ROH no.
233
Service No.
74542929BG
Last Name
First Name
Ignatius Philippus
Initials
I P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, landmine, during Ops Ovambo near Eenhana. Acting as patrol medic; the sniffer dog stopped and lay down, alerting the handler, but Coetzee continued walking and stepped on a booby-trapped Yugoslavian TMA-3 cheese mine, killed instantly
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,821
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Awards
South Africa
Pro Patria Medal warrant, Government Gazette No. 5171 (25 Jun 1976), Rule 5, as amended by GG No. 5575 (3 Jun 1977); discontinued by GG No. 25213 (25 Jul 2003, Schedule corrected by GG No. 26778, 17 Sep 2004) for service on/after 27 Apr 2003. Gazette extracts: https://rohsa.co.za/award.php?id=24
Notes
Son of Mr. J. J. Coetzee, of Bloemfontein.
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 24 Oct 2024: 74542929BG Rifleman Ignatius Phillippus Coetzee, acting as patrol medic for an infantry patrol, Killed in Action near Eenhana when he stepped on a booby-trapped Yugoslavian TMA-3 cheese mine after the sniffer dog stopped and lay down, age 18. ROH second name is Philippus; unit is 1 Maintenance Unit (regiment SAMS Training Unit).
Citations
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External References
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 24 Oct 2024: 74542929BG Rifleman Ignatius Phillippus Coetzee, acting as patrol medic for an infantry patrol, Killed in Action near Eenhana when he stepped on a booby-trapped Yugoslavian TMA-3 cheese mine after the sniffer dog stopped and lay down, age 18. ROH second name is Philippus; unit is 1 Maintenance Unit (regiment SAMS Training Unit).
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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), pages 29-32 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 1
I am pretty sure this is Iggie Coetzee from Platoon 3, Ops Company SAMS. He was killed by a landmine while on patrol in Owamboland. The company had a minute of silence for him at the time of his funeral.
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