Identity
Person No.
30161
Old ROH no.
394
Service No.
74287178BT
Last Name
First Name
Daniel Stephanus Hendrik
Initials
D S H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
33
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,585
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident, at Table Mountain Natal, fell over cliff while on patrol
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
"O" Coy, Mortars
Defence Force
SADF 3,817
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Regiment Botha, formed 1 April 1934 at Ermelo. Active Citizen Force; 2nd Bn served North Africa 1941-42, renamed Regiment Christiaan Beyers 1951; called Regiment Pongola 1960-1966. Renamed General Botha Regiment 2019.
Notes
Son of Pieter and Rita du Toit. Husband of Mrs. C. du Toit. Father of Danelle Mentz (nee du Toit) and Eloise Kotze (nee du Toit).
Research notes
26 Aug 2026: Unit leftover "3 South African Infantry Battalion" → Regiment Botha (SAWGP Regiment, no Unit).
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 ServiceNo 742871789BT against this record's 74287178BT. The two numbers differ by only 1 digit(s), so one is a transcription slip -- but nothing here says which, and this record is not part of any shared-number run. Not resolved. 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), page 23 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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