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Identity
Person No.
30097
Old ROH no.
362
Service No.
84074103BW
Last Name
Dolf 2
First Name
Petrus
Initials
P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1962 (±1 yr) 356
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
04 March 1986 109
Cause code
MVA 2,637
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,764
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Oshakati
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Catering Corps 13
Unit
116 South African Infantry Battalion 13
Defence Force
SADF 3,843
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
Part of
South African Defence Force (1957–1994) — Homeland Battalions
Notes

Son of Mr. & Mrs. V. Dolf

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 04 Mar 2024: 84074103BW Private Petrus Dolf, Army Catering Corps, killed in a Military Vehicle Accident at Oshakati, age 24. Regiment already South African Catering Corps. Graham rank Private; ROH Rifleman — not overwritten. Unit 116 SAI left (ACC attached). Cause already Oshakati MVA. Cleared stolen ServiceNo 84074103BW from Domingos P. PN 30098 and 30099 (this 84-prefix BW belongs here). | Also Last Post 04 Mar 2021: 84074103BW Private Petrus Dolf, Army Catering Corps, MVA at Oshakati, age 24. Graham rank Private; ROH Rifleman already noted on 04 Mar 2024.
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "South African Catering Corps" (a branch, not a specific regiment) moved to Corps, per John's decision on the broader Regiment/Corps field-swap review.
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".

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