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No photograph available — remembrance poppy
Identity
Person No.
30310
Old ROH no.
2044
Service No.
77538353BG
Last Name
Ferreira 62
First Name
Thomas Johannes
Initials
T J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1961 (±1 yr) 380
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
15 October 1981 147
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in accidental hand grenade explosion 2
Died in accidental hand grenade explosion, in Northern Owamboland
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
4 South African Infantry Battalion 97
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,346
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"A" Coy.
Defence Force
SADF 3,825
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,866
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
Part of
Infantry Formation (SAAIF) — Motorised Infantry — Regular
Notes

Son of Mrs. M. D. License

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 15 Oct 2025: 77538353BG Rifleman Thomas Johannes Ferreira, 4 SAI, killed in an accidental hand grenade explosion in Northern Owamboland, age 20.
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.

Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories 2
on 25 August 2008 · via source
4 SAI KILLED AT OKANKOLO ON 15 /10 / 1981 A van der Kooi
on 22 April 2013 · via source
een van ons seksies het terug gekom van patrollie met n Russiese mortier wat hul by wapen stoor ingehandig het. Die mortier het ontplof en het die lewe van TJ geneem Dit is jammer dat sy volle besonderhede nie ingevul is nie Hennie Pretorius
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