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Identity
Person No.
30632
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Harmse 29
First Name
Louis
Initials
L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1956 (±1 yr) 383
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
01 July 1983 190
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Died when his Ratel overturned during training 1
Died when his Ratel overturned during training
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
1 South African Infantry Battalion 111
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"E" Coy.
Defence Force
SADF 3,832
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,874
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) — Mechanised Infantry — Regular
Notes

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Research notes

NOTE 25 Aug 2026: PersonNumber 30631 shares this identical ServiceNo (69333946PE), name, unit and age -- Louis Harmse, DateDeath 1981-08-25, Killed in Action during Ops Protea (confirmed by Graham du Toit Last Post 25 Aug 2026). Almost certainly a duplicate-person data error, unresolved. SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 69333946PE cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "HARMSE, LOUIS" (CAPT, Sterf 25 08 81), matching PersonNumber 30631 (Harmse, DateDeath 1981-08-25) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "69333946PE". Left as an unresolved collision otherwise -- this correction is specific to this one PDF-confirmed case, not a general claim this record's other data is wrong.

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