Identity
Person No.
30802
Old ROH no.
621
Service No.
72294887BT
Last Name
First Name
Andries Christiaan
Initials
A C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,627
Motor vehicle accident
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Durban Light Infantry 30
Later renamed
1st Infantry (Durban Light Infantry)
(1912)
Unit
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,823
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Mechanised Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force / Army Conventional Reserve
Part of
Part of
Became a mechanised infantry regiment at an undocumented date within this era — no source found dates the transition.
Notes
Husband of Mrs. J. D. Jacobs
Research notes
26 Aug 2026: Unit leftover "35 Battalion" → Regiment (SAWGP Regiment, no Unit).
John Dovey, 1 Sep 2026 (Durban Light Infantry Chapel memorial panel review): Regiment/Unit corrected -- the chapel's SWA/Angola plaque marks this person "(RPN)", i.e. Regiment Port Natal, which was amalgamated into the Durban Light Infantry. Regiment set to Durban Light Infantry, Unit set to Regiment Port Natal.
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 100 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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