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Identity
Person No.
30007
Old ROH no.
321
Service No.
70596960BT
Last Name
De Sousa 1
First Name
Fernando Jose Gaspar
Initials
F J G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1954 (±1 yr) 318
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
19 January 1982 87
Cause code
MVA 2,648
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in a Pedestrian Accident 16
Died in a Pedestrian Accident, at 1 Military Hospital, hit by buffel at Ondangwa on 5 January 1982
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
3 Parachute Battalion 4
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,856
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1,612
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
5th Reconnaissance Regiment
Part of
44 Parachute Brigade
Notes

N-O-K given as Mrs. J. De Sousa

Research notes


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.

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Dedications 1
on 03 February 2012 · via source
This is for De Souza ( Diaz) killed in a car accident outside Queenstown, in 1983 on his way back from pass to 6 SAI Grahamstown, along with all our company's chefs. So long my friend, we will never forget. The last time I saw you on the border, we rubbed you with Deap Heat.....then you were gone RFn MJ Lourens 78331881BT