Identity
Person No.
30658
Old ROH no.
566
Service No.
71423008PE
Last Name
First Name
Wynand Jacobus
Initials
W J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
30
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident, when SAAF firemen were called to assist the Pretoria fire brigade in extinguishing a fire that had started at the SASOL Bulk Storage Depot in Pretoria West. When the tank exploded, 3 servicemen were burned to death
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Defence Force
SADF 3,834
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Husband of Mrs. Kirsten J. A. Hawkins. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Research notes
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Air Force". Across the roll 787 records carried such a contradiction; judged against Corps and Regiment -- independent of both columns -- the evidence backed Branch 744 times and Unit2 not once. Branch is therefore kept and the contradicting word removed. Nothing is guessed: this man's branch of service is already recorded, and his sub-unit, if any, is simply not known.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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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), pages 57-65 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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