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Identity
Person No.
30082
Old ROH no.
357
Service No.
74562521BG
Last Name
Dixon 28
First Name
Alan David
Initials
A D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1959 (±1 yr) 442
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
25 April 1978 108
Cause code
MVA 2,628
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,761
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Kavango, while driving a Magirus Deutz one night, loaded with supplies for 32 Bn at Nkurenkuru, front tire blew and the vehicle rolled and crushed him
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Ordnance Services Corps 95
Later renamed South African Ordnance Service Corps
Unit
16 Maintenance Unit, 101 Workshop Transport Coy. (Grootfontein) 1
Defence Force
SADF 3,825
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,866
Locality
Eastern Cape 971
Cemetery
PORT ELIZABETH (FOREST HILL) CEMETERY 62
Grave Reference
Section 9, Row G, Number 38N 1
Memorial
1978 SAA (Castle–Havenga, Mennigke–Wolfgang)
Names on 1978 SAA Castle-Wolfgang
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
1978 SAA Castle-Wolfgang
On the panel
1978 Army. Left column. 17th name from the top (Dixon A.D.)
Notes

Son of Mr. H. Dixon

Research notes

SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1978 SAA (Castle–Havenga, Mennigke–Wolfgang)". 1978 Army. Left column. 17th name from the top (Dixon A.D.).
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.
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
Stories 2
by Jim J. on 23 November 2001 · via source
Alan Dixon was a friend of mine in 101 Transport Company, based in Grootfontein. He was driving a Magirus Deutz one night, loaded with supplies for 32 Bn at Nkurenkuru (sp.), when a front tire blew and the vehicle rolled and crushed him. For those who were there, and are For those who were there, and are not But most of all, for those who were there Jim J.
on 06 July 2012 · via source
Alan was my dearly beloved brother and this is the first time in 34 years I have known what happened to him. Thank you Jim J Sharon Firmin
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