Identity
Person No.
30305
Old ROH no.
454
Service No.
95466417BG
Last Name
First Name
Johannes Casparus Lemmer
Initials
J C L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at Elundu, in contact with the enemy. He was captured and could not walk, so he was murdered in the cruelest way imaginable, by shooting him from head to toe, on automatic, with an AK47, and then stabbing him 42 times with a bayonet
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"A" Coy.
Defence Force
SADF 3,830
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
1978 Army. Left column. 32nd name from the top (Ferreira J.C.L.)
Unit History
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. C. L. Ferreira. Riflemen Hunter, Bosch and Ferreira were on guard duty at a small post near the waterhole at Elundu, when their position was overrun by SWAPO. In the same incident, Sapper van der Mescht was captured and taken to Angola.
Research notes
SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1978 SAA (Castle–Havenga, Mennigke–Wolfgang)". 1978 Army. Left column. 32nd name from the top (Ferreira J.C.L.). DATE DISCREPANCY 25 Aug 2026: pantser.cmvo.org.za's SADF deaths PDF gives this person's Sterf (date of death) as "18 02 78" (DD MM YY) against the same ServiceNo (95466417BG) and name -- differs from this record's DateDeath (1978-02-19). Not overwritten, flagged for reference.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Lys van Weermaglede wat aan diens gesterf het (SADF deaths, pantser.cmvo.org.za)
open source ↗
SADF deaths PDF cross-check, 25 Aug 2026 -- date discrepancy noted
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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), page 13 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 1
You have this individuals initials wrong, his correct name was Johan Lemmer Caparus Ferreira. He was captured along with Van der Mescht by Swapo just before sunup on 19 February 1978 in Ovamboland, but unlike Van der Mescht , he refused to go along with his captors and was murdered by the Swapo gang . The leader of the gang Ruben "Danger" Ashipala stated to Beeld newspaper, 14 December 2009 " ???Ons het n??g een gevang. ???n Groot Boer. Maar hy wou nie loop nie. Toe maak ons hom dood.???. Rfn Ferreira was shot numerous times and bayoneted by his captors . More than 27 bullet wounds and 40 plus bayonet wounds were counted on his body jochen
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