Identity
Person No.
30549
Service No.
68595370PE
Last Name
First Name
Joachim Marthinus
Initials
J M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
53
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,585
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident, at Louis Trichardt Air Force Base, killed by grader
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Air Force
Defence Force
SANDF 1,020
South African National 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
Notes
Husband of Mrs. E. C. Grobler. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Research notes
Unit was contaminated with an unrelated Army/Navy unit -- same "85 years of SAAF" batch-import bug as the 32 infantry/artillery/commando cases fixed 28 Aug 2026. Cleared rather than guessed at a correct Unit.
Citations
Unknown
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