Identity
Person No.
31293
Old ROH no.
800
Service No.
93660173PK
Last Name
First Name
Bernard Maditsi
Initials
B M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, shot dead by persons unknown while he was manning a road block at Vosloorus
Military Service
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
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Notes
Brother of Mr. J. Lekalakala
Research notes
DATE DISCREPANCY 25 Aug 2026: pantser.cmvo.org.za's SADF deaths PDF gives this person's Sterf (date of death) as "03 05 69" (DD MM YY) against the same ServiceNo (93660173PK) and name -- differs from this record's DateDeath (1994-01-01). Not overwritten, flagged for reference.
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
-
Lys van Weermaglede wat aan diens gesterf het (SADF deaths, pantser.cmvo.org.za)
open source ↗
SADF deaths PDF cross-check, 25 Aug 2026 -- date discrepancy noted
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
-
The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), pages 66-76 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 1
i was the medic. we were standind roadblock between tokoza and kathlehong.was about midnite,car approached and as troops were going to stop car for search ,dimmed lights and accelerated .as past by us red traces filled the air from ak's.we all took cover i fired a few shots back at honda ballade with 9mm .call came over radio and ran to wounded soldier,was hit bellow left arm 2 centimeters from bulletproof .bullet hit back of sternum,tried cpr but was already deceased. i will never forget that night ,god be with his family . brent henshaw ops medic northern medical command brent henshaw
Dedications
No dedications have been added yet.