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Identity
Person No.
30810
Old ROH no.
626
Service No.
76607282BT
Last Name
Jacobson 10
First Name
George Edmond
Initials
G E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1960 (±1 yr) 417
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
29 January 1982 105
Cause code
MVA 2,634
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in a Pedestrian Accident 16
Died in a Pedestrian Accident, at Katima Mulilo, hit by private vehicle at control point
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Kimberley Regiment 3
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,836
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,873
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) — Motorised Infantry — Reserve
Notes

Husband of Mrs. J. P. Jacobson

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 29 Jan 2026: 76607282BT Rifleman George Edmond Jacobson, Kimberley Regiment, killed at Katima Mulilo when run over by a private civilian vehicle while manning a control check point, age 22.
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "Kimberley Regiment" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added -- database-wide sweep for SADF Border War operational-area deaths within the medal's gazetted window (25 Jun 1976 - 27 Apr 2003), per the warrant's died-before-qualifying-period provision. See PersonAward.Citation for the gazette references.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added earlier today REVERTED -- John obtained the actual Government Gazette (GG 5171/5575); the "died before completing the qualifying period" provision relied on does not exist in the primary text (it was a secondary-source claim). Actual Rule 5 requires (a) combat/enemy-caused incident, (b) a Ministerially-acknowledged operation (clasp), or (c) 55+ continuous/90+ non-continuous days in an operational area -- none of which this record's cause of death clearly demonstrates.
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".

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Source: https://rohsa.co.za/person.php?PersonNumber=30810&pdf=1

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