Identity
Person No.
29828
Service No.
W89802B
Last Name
First Name
Frans
Initials
F W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
30
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, Counter-insurgency duty in South West Africa. Member of Koevoet
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Notes
ref. "The Covert War" by Peter Stiff
Research notes
SASFA In Memoriam (operators KIA outside the SA Military context): confirmed operator; SASFA lists this death outside the SA military context — not treated as a new SADF/SANDF roll entry. SASFA: Conradie Frans 1983. https://www.recce.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/4.1.-Memoriam.pdf SASFA Conradie Frans 1983 outside SA military context. Already on the roll as SWAPOL/Koevoet KIA 1983-09-23 — former Recce operator, death not SADF Recce.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Koevoet Wall of Remembrance
open source ↗
Koevoet Wall of Remembrance
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour, pages 98-99: gives SN W85802B vs ROH W89802B (digit variant) — confirmed match, not overwritten.
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Unit veterans association
open source ↗
SASFA In Memoriam: Conradie Frans 1983 — confirmed operator; SASFA lists this death outside the SA military context — not treated as a new SADF/SANDF roll entry
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