Identity
Person No.
30535
Old ROH no.
527
Service No.
72459506KT
Last Name
First Name
Floris Marthinus
Initials
F M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, Buffel Troop Carrier detonated a boosted anti-tank mine near the Okangwati Military Base, while on route to Sodeliet base. One of the mines used was an old British Mk 8 Anti-Tank Mine and the metal plug on top of this mine penetrated the V hull of the Buffel on the welded seam. This ignited the diesel tank and a box of white phosphorus grenades in the vehicle
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
Att 102 Battalion
Defence Force
SADF 3,830
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Part of
SADF Commando System
category
Notes
Son of Hendrik Jacobus and Martha Dorothea Swanepoel Griessel. Husband of Mrs. Jean Evelyn Vermeulen Griessel, of Reitzpark, Welkom.
Research notes
MERGE 25 Aug 2026: PersonNumber 48794 ("Griesel") deleted as a duplicate of this record -- identical ServiceNo (72459506KT) and DateDeath (1983-01-06), surname a spelling/OCR/case variant, confirmed via the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF cross-check. Same class of error as the Sekonjela/Sekonyela merge earlier the same day. DATE DISCREPANCY 25 Aug 2026: pantser.cmvo.org.za's SADF deaths PDF gives this person's Sterf (date of death) as "01 06 83" (DD MM YY) against the same ServiceNo (72459506KT) and name -- differs from this record's DateDeath (1983-01-06). 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
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
Stories 2
So ver bekend aan my was Sktr. Griesel lid van die Goudveld Kommando. Op 6 Januarie 1983 was Sktr. Griesel saam met 7 ander lede van die Goudveld Kommando op n roetiene patrollie toe hul voertuig n landmyn in die Kaokoveld in die Noord-Westelike operasionele gebied afgetrap het. Sktr. Griesel is op slag oorlede saam met vyf van sy makkers. Twee het die oorspronklike aanval oorleef maar is die volgende dag aan hul wonde oorlede.
As ek kan reg onhou is hy nie opslag oorlede nie hy is oppad na die hospitaal in vliegtuig oorlede. Ek dink ook sy van is verkeurd gespel (Griessel). Hy is in Welkom begrawe. 5 van hulle is op die selfde dag bymekaar begrawe. Twee van hulle was my nefies (Griessel) + (VAN DER MERWE)
Dedications 1
the men of 102 Bn SWATF , do not forget , any men killed in our area , When we read our roll of honor , you to will be rememberd and when we have our beer for our units dead , you to are rememberd., and the price you paid salut from the men of 102BN