Identity
Person No.
30061
Old ROH no.
349
Service No.
74313511BC
Last Name
First Name
Charles Robert
Initials
C R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,627
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, Eland 90 Armoured Car overturned while travelling on the road between the De Brug Training Area and Bloemfontein
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Candidate Officer
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,822
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Notes
Son of Mr. C. P. Dickens
Citations
Unknown
External References
-
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 85-87 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 2
Killed in an armoured car accident on the road between De Brug training grounds and Bloemfontein. Unknown Unknown
Charles and I were friends and were candidate officers at School of Armour in 1976. We were returning from De Brug after a training session when his armoured car (Eland 60) rolled. Charles was killed in the acident. Always thinking of you Charlie!
Dedications 1
Charlie died in my arms from the massive injuries he sustained from the armoured car accident. Lest I forget that day, we were school buddies as well as buddies at School of Armour. Your memory lives on RIP Charlie.