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Identity
Person No.
31400
Old ROH no.
35222
Service No.
93068740PV
Last Name
Louw 73
First Name
Andries
Initials
A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1969 (±1 yr) 301
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
28 September 1997 100
Cause code
MVA 2,646
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,764
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Cedarville
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
2 South African Infantry Battalion 50
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
2 South African Infantry Battalion 10
Defence Force
SANDF 1,029
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1,612
Memorial
Memorial
SADF Wall of Remembrance
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Voortrekker Monument, Eeufees Road, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa
Coordinates
-25.77639, 28.17583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (Motorised)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Infantry Formation (SAAIF) — Motorised Infantry — Regular
Listed under South African Army Infantry (Motorised) (Regular) in the SA Army Units navbox.
Notes

Lived in Kimberley. Ref SANDF 1997 RoH.

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.
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 28 Sep 2026: "93068740PV Rifleman Andries Louw from 2 SAI was killed in a military vehicle accident at Cedarville. He was 28." Confirms the record exactly.
- UNIT FILLED IN: this record carried no Unit; set to 2 South African Infantry Battalion, consistent with the stored South African Infantry Corps.

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