Identity
Person No.
31045
Service No.
98119134BV
Last Name
First Name
Boswas Joseph
Initials
B J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SUIC 384
Suicide
Cause of Death
Committed suicide, shot himself, with an R4 rifle, at Doornkop Military Base
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Unit
CFS Dunnottar 10
Formerly
Central Flying School
Defence Force
SANDF 1,025
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (area defence)
Status
Commando (Area Bound Reserve)
Part of
Same category as South African Commandos generally (OrgEntityID 5183, pass 2) -- Kruger National Park Commando is one specific named local Commando unit within that area-bound reserve system.
Notes
Son of Mrs. E. Kgari
Research notes
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
Unknown
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