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Identity
Person No.
29962
Old ROH no.
298
Service No.
87094348CK
Last Name
De Bruin 28
First Name
Fanie
Initials
F
Date of Birth
10 August 1966 106
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
12 September 1987 155
Cause code
MVA 2,625
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,758
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, Buffel Troop Carrier overturned during a contact and subsequent hot pursuit of SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Cape Corps 1,517
Unit
SA Cape Corps 25
Secondary Unit
Att to 2 SSB
Defence Force
SADF 3,815
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,847
Locality
Western Cape 2,137
Cemetery
MOORREESBURG (NEW) CEMETERY 2
Grave Reference
A3 - near a cedar bush 1
Unit History
Part of
South African Defence Force (1957–1994)
Awards
Pro Patria Medal
Pro Patria Medal
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

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Research notes

Colyn Brookes, Mibisa: Volume One – Western Cape (Lulu, 2013, ISBN 9781447682523): Moorreesburg Cemetery Hero’s Acre A3, Hero's Acre A3.
4 Sep 2026: reverted Corps->Regiment for Cape Corps. John, citing SA History Online (sahistory.org.za/article/cape-coloured-corps-and-first-world-war), identified Cape Corps as a combat/recruiting identity with numbered battalions beneath it (like King's Royal Rifle Corps or the Machine Gun Corps), not an administrative branch grouping multiple distinct regiments -- unlike e.g. South African Infantry Corps, which genuinely groups different named regiments (Transvaal Scottish, Durban Light Infantry, etc).
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 12 Sep 2026 / Bushwar Books Lest We Forget 12 September (https://www.warbooks.co.za/posts/lest-we-forget-12-september/ 87094348CK Rfn Fanie de Bruin, SA Cape Corps, Buffel overturned during contact/hot pursuit Northern Owamboland, age 21. Unit 121 SAI cleared (CK suffix is Cape Corps; 121 SAI is a different battalion). CauseDeath enriched from generic MVA patrol to Graham/Bushwar Buffel contact account. Regiment Cape Corps left.
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.

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External References
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by Graham Du Toit on 12 September 2014 · via source
12 Sep 1987: 87094348CK Rifleman Fanie de Bruin from the South African Cape Corps was killed when his Buffel vehicle overturned during a contact and subsequent hot pursuit operation against insurgents in Northern Owamboland. He was 21.
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