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Identity
Person No.
30204
Service No.
73321002BT
Last Name
Edeling 1
First Name
Ferdinand Theodore
Initials
F T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1957 (±1 yr) 431
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
17 October 1981 200
Cause code
DROW 1,200
Drowned
Cause of Death
Drowned 1,082
Drowned, at Epupa Falls during operations in Southern Angola
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
1 Construction Regiment 20
Corps
South African Engineer Corps 742
Later renamed South African Corps of Engineers
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,823
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,861
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
Role at time of death
Engineers (Construction)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Engineer Formation — Regular
Per John, 4 Sep 2026: 1 Construction Regiment is a Permanent Force (Regular) unit -- no Wikipedia source found for this one; confirmed directly.
Notes

Husband of Mrs. K. Edeling, of Edenvale.

Research notes


4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "1 Construction Regiment" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
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.

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