Identity
Person No.
30189
Old ROH no.
405
Service No.
6107503
Last Name
First Name
Brian Ivan
Initials
B I
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,625
Motor vehicle accident
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Gunner
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,817
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (area defence)
Status
Commando (Area Bound Reserve)
Part of
SADF Commando System
category
Generic Regiment-field text used across hundreds of records whose actual unit is a specific local Commando (e.g. Rustenburg Commando, Boksburg Commando -- captured in Unit). Post-WWII, "Commando" is its own force-component category alongside Regular/Permanent Force and Active Citizen Force -- area-bound, part-time reserve units tied to a specific district, mobilised for local counter-insurgency/area protection duties during the Border War era. Not a single regiment; this Status applies to the whole category.
Notes
Son of Mr. I. W. Dummer
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 03 Mar 2024: 6107503 Rifleman Brian Ivan Dummer, Tygerberg Commando, killed in a military vehicle accident at Bethlehem, age 19. Graham rank Rifleman; ROH Gunner — not overwritten. Unit and Bethlehem MVA already matched. | Gunners Association RoH lists them (South African Border War 1964 Gunner B.I. Dummer) - https://www.gunners.org.za/home-2/roll-of-honour/
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 03 Mar 2024: 6107503 Rifleman Brian Ivan Dummer, Tygerberg Commando, killed in a military vehicle accident at Bethlehem, age 19. Graham rank Rifleman; ROH Gunner — not overwritten. Unit and Bethlehem MVA already matched.
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Gunners' Association of South Africa Roll of Honour
open source ↗
South African Border War 1964 Gunner B.I. Dummer
- 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 82-84 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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