Identity
Person No.
31588
Old ROH no.
1750
Service No.
78443991BG
Last Name
First Name
Adeo
Initials
A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
17
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in an explosion at Kroonstad. While standing guard at the All Services Magazine, the magazine exploded, He died of his injuries
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sapper
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
Unit
Defence Force
SADF 3,832
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
1980 Army. Right column. 4th name from the top (Marais A.)
Notes
Son of Mr. J. S. Marais, of Welkom.
Research notes
SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1980 Army (Abel–Ralikwatha). Photograph: South African War Graves Project.". 1980 Army. Right column. 4th name from the top (Marais A.).
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".
Citations
Unknown
External References
-
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 (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), page 19 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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