Identity
Person No.
30615
Old ROH no.
549
Service No.
64186067E
Last Name
First Name
John Cornelius
Initials
J C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DROW 1,203
Drowned
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,832
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Stepson of Mr. J. C. Kotze, of Garries
Research notes
26 Aug 2026: Unit leftover "South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET)" → 5 Military Works Unit (SAWGP Regiment, no Unit).
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".
Citations
Unknown
External References
-
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 16 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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Dedications 1
Dear Uncle Paul, I never got to know you personally, as you left your earthly bounds in July of 1941 with your Hurribus of No 1 Squadron - the Billy Boys. However, I have gotten to know you and to love you over the past 7 years by your ever presence watching over me. You loved the skies and flew into the sun. Astrid Aneck-Hahn