Identity
Person No.
30046
Old ROH no.
344
Service No.
68505007BT
Last Name
First Name
Leon Hendrik
Initials
L H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SHOT 546
Shot
Cause of Death
Died in Shooting Incident, at Oshivelo. Weapons fired on shooting range when not clear
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,832
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Husband of Mrs. B. A. Delport
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "Durban Regiment" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".
Citations
Unknown
External References
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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 123-124 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 2
If this is Leon, then he died in a shooting accident in training at Oshivelo with the Durban Regiment, I was part of the following section to fire live ammunition at targets pinned in the bushes simulating a contact, the instructors had moved us up not realising Leons section were not yet clear of the area behind, an estimated 200 x R1 rounds were fired at the targets into the bushes behind where ten of our own men were taking cover, surprisingly Leon was the only casualty. I am sorry I never met him as he had only joined our platoon that morning.
After demonstrating how the fire and movement range should be used by one of my staff, it was handed over to a DR Regiment Major - who told his Platoon Commanders to "carry on". The range should have been handed over to one officer not to three as when the first section was consolidating, a section from a following platoon opened fire and Delport was shot. I was OC of Oshivelo then and was very upset by the incident. There could have been more casualties. Whoever that Major was - was remiss in his duty as range officer. MS Foster (Capt PF Reserve)
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