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Identity
Person No.
30707
Old ROH no.
585
Service No.
P/2933
Last Name
Heunis 4
First Name
Jacobus Johannes Squier
Initials
J J S
Date of Birth
12 January 1917 136
Age at Death
45
Death Record
Date of Death
17 September 1962 108
Cause code
NAT 756
Natural causes
Cause of Death
Died of cardiac disease 352
Died of coronary thrombosis, at Voortrekkerhoogte Military Hospital, Pretoria
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Warrant Officer Class I
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Technical Services Corps 112
Later renamed Technical Service Corps
Unit
91 Ammunition Depot 5
Secondary Unit
Air Force
Defence Force
SADF 3,822
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,862
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
PRETORIA (REBECCA STREET) CEMETERY 236
Grave Reference
Rom Cath D Sec Grave 26390 1
Coordinates
-25.73953, 28.1537 OSM
Notes

Husband of Mrs. J. J. S. Heunis, of 766 16th Avenue, Villeria, Pretoria. Born Knysna, Cape Province

Research notes


Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 17 Sep 2026 and Mike Sandham OMISSIONS: 17 SEPTEMBER (mailed 17 Sep 2026, credited The South Africa War Graves Project): both give "P/2933 Warrant Officer Class 1 Johannes Jacobus Squier Heunis", Technical Service Corps attached to 91 Ammunition Depot, fatal heart attack in Pretoria, age 45 -- matching this record except the ORDER of the first two forenames: this record reads "Jacobus Johannes Squier". Flagged, not changed. DUPLICATE: Mike flags 48949 as the same man (same P/2933, same date); merge held pending John.
Bushwar Books "Lest We Forget 17 September" (warbooks.co.za/posts/lest-we-forget-17-september/), cross-checked 17 Sep 2026: "Johannes Jacobus Squier Heunis" -- a third source for that forename order against this record's "Jacobus Johannes Squier". Caution: Graham, Mike and Bushwar likely all descend from SAWGP, so three agreeing is not three independent confirmations. Flag stands.
17 Sep 2026: MERGED duplicate PersonNumber 48949 into this record on John's instruction, after Mike Sandham's 17 Sep omissions mail identified it (same service number P/2933, same date of death). 48949 was a 25 Aug 2026 stub from pantser.cmvo.org.za's SADF deaths list. Absorbed its DATE OF BIRTH, 12 January 1917 -- consistent with this record's age of 45 at death on 17 Sep 1962, which independently corroborates it. Its source citation was moved here and 48949 deleted. The stub's own notes, preserved:
Mike Sandham reference, 25 Aug 2026, sourced to pantser.cmvo.org.za's "Lys van Weermaglede wat aan diens gesterf het" (SADF deaths 1962-2001, excl. 1993). Source columns as transcribed -- Rang: "WO1", Eenheid (unit, truncated in source): "91 AMMUN", Plek/Oorsaak/Detail/next-of-kin (run together by the source's column layout): "PRETORIA MEDICAL REASON HEART ATTACK JJS HEUNIS SPOUSE". Additional wrapped text: "SQUIER". Unit left blank rather than inserting the truncated PDF unit text as a guess -- "91 AMMUN" wasn't confidently mappable to an existing Unit record.
Mike Sandham OMISSIONS: 17 SEPTEMBER (mailed 17 Sep 2026, credited The South Africa War Graves Project): flagged by Mike as a duplicate of 30707 (same service number P/2933, same date of death). Merge held pending John.

Citations
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External References
Stories 1
by Graham Du Toit on 17 September 2014 · via source
17 Sep 1962: P/2933 Warrant Officer Class 1 Johannes Jacobus Squier Heunis from 91 Ammunition Depot Suffered a fatal heart attack while in Pretoria. He was 45.
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