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Identity
Person No.
31397
Old ROH no.
835
Service No.
89280820BG
Last Name
Lourens 36
First Name
Johannes Lodewyk Bouwer
Initials
J L B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1974 (±1 yr) 208
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
07 September 1992 126
Cause code
MVA 2,633
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,765
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Wit River
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
4 South African Infantry Battalion 97
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,832
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,874
Locality
Mpumalanga 425
Cemetery
CAROLINA CEMETERY 20
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 3
Coordinates
-26.06797, 30.10577 OSM
Unit History
Part of
Infantry Formation (SAAIF) — Motorised Infantry — Regular
Notes

Son of Mr. J. L. B. Lourens

Research notes


Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 7 Sep 2026: confirmed (post says "White River", this record has the Afrikaans "Wit River" -- same place, not changed).
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.

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External References
Stories 1
by Graham Du Toit on 07 September 2014 · via source
07 Sep 1992: 89280820BG Rifleman Johannes Lodewyk Bouwer Lourens from 4 SAI was killed in a Military Vehicle Accident at White River. He was 18.
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