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Identity
Person No.
30874
Old ROH no.
34904
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Joaquim 4
First Name
Joao
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1964 (±1 yr) 296
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
27 August 1990 112
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Died in military vehicle accident 1
Killed in a military vehicle accident
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South West African Territory Force 376
Unit
31 Battalion 34
Later renamed 201 Battalion (1980)
Defence Force
SADF 3,832
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,874
Locality
Northern Cape 808
Cemetery
Believed to be buried at 31Bn (Omega) Cemetery or Smidtsdrift Northern Cape 3
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1
Notes

No additional information known at this time

Research notes

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 78913084SP cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "JOAQUIN, ADAO" (RFN, Sterf 24 08 81), matching PersonNumber 30871 (Joaquin, DateDeath 1981-08-24) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "78913084SP". 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.
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 27 Aug 2026 / Bushwar Books Lest We Forget 27 August (https://www.warbooks.co.za/posts/lest-we-forget-27-august/ Rifleman Jose' Joaquim, 201 Battalion SWATF, military vehicle accident, age 24. CONFLICT: ROH FirstName Joao age 26 Unit 31 (Bushman) Battalion Cause \"Internal Death?\" â€" FirstName/age/unit not overwritten; CauseDeath updated to MVA (both sources agree).

10 Sep 2026: Renamed away from 31 (Bushman) Battalion label; Unit set by Mike Sandham dating rule (31 Bn outside 1 Aug 1980-1 Jun 1989 window, else 201 Bn).
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: gives Age 24 against this record's 26. This record has no date of birth, so there is nothing to adjudicate with. Flagged, not changed.
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".

Citations
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External References
Stories 1
on 25 November 2002 · via source
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