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Identity
Person No.
31459
Old ROH no.
36574
Service No.
07251804
Last Name
MacDONALD 10
First Name
Andrew Hutchinson Jacobus
Initials
A H J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1938 (±1 yr) 84
Age at Death
42
Death Record
Date of Death
25 November 1980 152
Cause code
NAT 759
Natural causes
Cause of Death
Died of heart attack 67
Died of heart attack, at the Walter Hotel in De Aar. He was on convoy duties, transporting equipment from South Africa to South West Africa
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Technical Services Corps 112
Later renamed Technical Service Corps
Unit
72 Motorised Brigade insignia 72 Motorised Brigade 5
Defence Force
SADF 3,830
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,873
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY 592
Grave Reference
Grave 1094 1
Coordinates
-25.78214, 28.12179 OSM
Unit History
Part of
7 South African Infantry Division
Notes

Husband of Mrs. C. M. MacDonald, of Pretoria.

Research notes


Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: dates of death differ -- 1 day(s) apart: Mike 1980-11-26 this record 1980-11-25. A gap of a few days commonly separates wounding from death, or a burial date from a death date. Flagged, not changed.
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".

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External References
Stories 1
on 20 February 2012 · via source
Known to his family as "Bokkie" and "Macie" to his wife and children, Andrew was in the army and transferring ammunition and vehicles from Voortrekker Hoogte to Namibia when he had a heart-attack while staying over in a hotel in De Aar en route. He had already done a stint in Namibia on the border. I have attached a photo of his gravestone in Voortrekker Hoogte where he had a military funeral as well as his Funeral Letter. Andrew was a very special and much loved person and left his wife and 6 children behind. He will always be remembered with much love. A. Tiran [niece]
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