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Identity
Person No.
31427
Old ROH no.
846
Service No.
80594104CK
Last Name
Ludick 7
First Name
William Henry
Initials
W H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1962 (±1 yr) 354
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
26 September 1982 123
Cause code
MVA 2,634
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,764
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Kuruman
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Catering Corps 13
Unit
Western Province Command Workshop 7
Defence Force
SADF 3,834
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,873
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
Notes

Son of Mrs. L. M. Ludick

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 26 Sep 2025: 80594104CK Private William Henry Ludick, Army Catering Corps, killed in a military vehicle accident at Kuruman, age 20. ROH unit is Western Province Command Workshop (regiment South African Catering Corps). | Also Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 26 Sep 2023 (same anniversary names).
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "South African Catering Corps" (a branch, not a specific regiment) moved to Corps, per John's decision on the broader Regiment/Corps field-swap review.
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".
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 26 Sep 2026: "80594104CK Private William Henry Ludick from the Army Catering Corps was killed in a Military Vehicle Accident at Kuruman. He was 20." Confirms the record. The roll names his corps as the South African Catering Corps and adds Western Province Command Workshop, which Graham does not mention.

Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories 1
by Graham Du Toit on 27 September 2014 · via source
26 Sep 1982: 80594104CK Private William Henry Ludick from the Army Catering Corps was killed in a Military Vehicle Accident at Kuruman. He was 20.
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