Identity
Person No.
30148
Old ROH no.
384
Service No.
74533761PE
Last Name
First Name
Brian
Initials
B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,631
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Messina, motorcycle accident
Military Service
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
Husband of Mrs. H. M. du Preez
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 25 Feb 2026: 74533761PE Captain Brian Du Preez, 116 Battalion, killed in a military motorcycle accident at Messina, age 27.
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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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 25 Feb 2026: 74533761PE Captain Brian Du Preez, 116 Battalion, killed in a military motorcycle accident at Messina, age 27.
- 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), page 103 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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