Identity
Person No.
31216
Old ROH no.
772
Service No.
86492857BG
Last Name
First Name
Olaf Johan De Villiers
Initials
O J D V
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,628
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, Samil 20 rolled 11 kms north of Komatipoort
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Notes
Son of Mrs. I. C. Rossouw
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
External References
- 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), pages 111-113 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 1
L/Cpl. Olaf Johan de Villiers Lagesen , 86492857BG, born on 12 March 1970 and attached to 5 South African Infantry Battalion was killed on 11 March 1990 when a Samil 20 rolled 11 kilometers north of Komatipoort. Information extracted from www.moth.org.za Peter
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