Identity
Person No.
30210
Old ROH no.
415
Service No.
73528234BA
Last Name
First Name
Christiaan Fredrik
Initials
C F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,822
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
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.
Awards
South Africa
Pro Patria Medal warrant, Government Gazette No. 5171 (25 Jun 1976), Rule 5, as amended by GG No. 5575 (3 Jun 1977); discontinued by GG No. 25213 (25 Jul 2003, Schedule corrected by GG No. 26778, 17 Sep 2004) for service on/after 27 Apr 2003. Gazette extracts: https://rohsa.co.za/award.php?id=24
Notes
Son of Mr. J. Ehlers
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 13 Sep 2026 / Bushwar Books Lest We Forget 13 September (https://www.warbooks.co.za/posts/lest-we-forget-13-september/ 73528234BA Rifleman Christiaan Frederik Ehlers, 11 Commando Regiment, KIA SWAPO/PLAN contact ~9km from Eenhana, age 19. SN/age/cause already matched. Stored Unit "11 Kimberley Commando" left as the specific commando under "11 Commando Regiment".
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Bushwar Books - Lest We Forget
open source ↗
Lest We Forget 13 September
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Graham Last Post 13 Sep 2026
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
open source ↗
SADF.info Border RoH
- 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 29-32 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War in Angola Member Dedications forum (www.warinangola.com), Excel export supplied by Johan Schoeman, 1 Sep 2026. Forum post(s): 17060.
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Dedications 2
C.F.Ehlers was in 11 Commando Kimberely.We did our basics together.He came from Durban.He was killed +_ 9km from Eenhana.
If anyone has any more info on this event, please send it on to me at johan@warinangola.com