Identity
Person No.
30446
Old ROH no.
481
Service No.
89096606CK
Last Name
First Name
Alan
Initials
A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SHOT 546
Shot
Cause of Death
Died in Shooting Incident, at Kimberley, struck by a bullet that ricocheted off a stone wall during live-fire practice at the Vooruitsig Shooting Range
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,817
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Son of Mrs. B. Marais
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 27 Jul 2026: 89096606CK Rifleman Alan Fuller, 3 SAI, accidentally killed at the Vooruitsig Shooting Range after being struck by a bullet that ricocheted off a stone wall during live-fire practice, age 21. ROH had Vooruisig.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 27 Jul 2026: 3 SAI, ricochet Vooruitsig Shooting Range.
- 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 132-133 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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