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Photo of Ferreira
Identity
Person No.
30303
Old ROH no.
452
Service No.
86628708BG
Last Name
Ferreira 62
First Name
Ignatius Wilhelmus
Initials
I W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1967 (±1 yr) 289
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
26 September 1988 123
Cause code
MVA 2,634
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Pedestrian Accident 12
Died in Pedestrian Accident, 9km from Kathu on the Kuruman road, hit and run accident while convoy assisted with a cannon that was stuck in the sand
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Gunner
Regiment
4 Artillery Regiment 21
Corps
South African Artillery 719
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,834
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,873
Locality
Limpopo 190
Cemetery
MAKOPANE (OR POTGIETERSRUST) CEMETERY 20
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 12
Coordinates
-24.17421, 29.02071 OSM
Unit History
Role at time of death
Artillery (Composite Regiment, Potchefstroom)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Artillery Formation — Regular
"4 Artillery Regiment (Composite Regiment) (Potchefstroom)" listed under the SA Army Artillery Formation's regular units. Exact formation date not given in the source.
Notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. B. Ferreira, of Potgietersrus.

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 26 Sep 2025: 86628708BG Gunner Ignatius Wilhelmus Ferreira, 4 Artillery Regiment, accidentally killed 9km from Kathu on the Kuruman road when struck by a civilian vehicle while assisting to dig out a field gun stuck in the sand; the vehicle failed to stop, age 21. ROH unit is 4th Artillery Regiment. | Also Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 26 Sep 2023 (same anniversary names).
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "4 Artillery Regiment" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged. | Gunners Association RoH lists them (South African Border War 1988 Gunner I.W. Ferreira) - https://www.gunners.org.za/home-2/roll-of-honour/
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 26 Sep 2026: "86628708BG Gunner Ignatius Wilhelmus Ferreira from 4 Artillery Regiment was accidentally killed 9km from Kathu on the Kuruman road when he was struck by a civilian vehicle while assisting to dig out a field gun that was stuck in the sand. The vehicle failed to stop at the accident scene. He was 21." Confirms the record and adds what he was doing when he was struck -- digging out a field gun bogged in the sand -- which this record did not say.

Citations
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External References
Stories 1
by Graham Du Toit on 27 September 2014 · via source
26 Sep 1988: 86628708BG Gunner Ignatius Wilhelmus Ferreira from 4 Field Regiment was killed in a hit and run accident 9km from Kathu on the Kuruman road when he was struck by a civilian vehicle while assisting to dig out a field gun that was stuck in the sand. He was 21.
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Source: https://rohsa.co.za/person.php?PersonNumber=30303&pdf=1

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