Identity
Person No.
31395
Old ROH no.
833
Service No.
82392879BG
Last Name
First Name
Izak Johan
Initials
I J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DIS 6,078
Died of disease
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
911 Battalion 25
Formerly
41 Battalion
(1980)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,828
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Lourens.
Research notes
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Air Force" was CLEARED. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Army". Across the roll 787 records carried such a contradiction; judged against Corps and Regiment -- independent of both columns -- the evidence backed Branch 744 times and Unit2 not once. Branch is therefore kept and the contradicting word removed. Nothing is guessed: this man's branch of service is already recorded, and his sub-unit, if any, is simply not known.
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, pages 82-84: gives date 1986-04-04 vs ROH 1986-04-03 (SN 82392879BG matches exactly) — confirmed match, not overwritten.
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