Identity
Person No.
30156
Service No.
81199878BG
Last Name
First Name
Willem J
Initials
W J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
32
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,585
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident, taken by a crocodile about a kilometre below the Epupa Falls, where he and others in his section were swimming, at Epupa Falls, Kaokoveld, South West Africa
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"O" Coy, Mortars
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
Part of
Notes
Son of Mrs. M. M. Breytenbach, of Pretoria.
Research notes
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: gives Age 20 against this record's 32. This record has no date of birth, so there is nothing to adjudicate with. Flagged, not changed.
Citations
Unknown
External References
- 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 26-28 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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