Identity
Person No.
31237
Old ROH no.
779
Service No.
85628279BG
Last Name
First Name
Andre Stephan
Initials
A S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,632
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, on Dwaalboom Road, transport wagon with "Padskraper" fell on him, at Thabazimbi
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Lategan
Research notes
26 Aug 2026: Unit leftover "41 Battalion" → 5 Military Works Unit (SAWGP Regiment, no Unit).
14 Sep 2026: Col (rt) Graham du Toit, Last Post, confirmed by Bushwar Books' same-day post: Sapper A.S. Lategan, 5 Military Works Unit, crushed by a fallen trailer/road grader on the Dwaalboom Road near Thabazimbi, age 21. Matches this record exactly.
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
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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), pages 109-110 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 1
14 Sep 1988: 85628279BG Sapper Andre Stephan Lategan from 5 Military Works Unit was accidentally killed on the Dwaalboom Road near Thabazimbi while loading a road grader. He went under the trailer to put in the retaining pin but the pin snapped causing both the trailer and grader to fall on him, killing him instantly. He was 21.
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