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Identity
Person No.
31648
Old ROH no.
908
Service No.
84517499BG
Last Name
Marx 7
First Name
Ronnie
Initials
R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1967 (±1 yr) 289
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
04 February 1986 113
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident 255
Died in Freak Accident, killed instantly when he was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Ordnance Services Corps 95
Later renamed South African Ordnance Service Corps
Unit
1 Maintenance Unit 47
Defence Force
SADF 3,832
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,874
Locality
Eastern Cape 971
Cemetery
MIDDELBURG CEMETERY 4
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 2
Coordinates
-31.50161, 25.0179 OSM
Notes

No additional information known at this time

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: gives Age 18 against this record's 19 (a difference of one year, so most likely a birthday-not-yet-reached transcription difference rather than a real disagreement). This record has no date of birth, so there is nothing to adjudicate with. 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".

Citations
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External References
Stories 1
by Vince Calonne on 29 August 2010 · via source
His name was Rudi Marx. He was in HTS Middelburg before he joined the SADF. If I am not mistaken was KIA at Cuito Canavale in 1986. Was laid to rest with full Military honours in Middelburg, Transvaal. The whole town and school attended. I know, I was there.
Dedications 1
by Alf on 29 June 2001 · via source
We will remember them!