Identity
Person No.
31834
Old ROH no.
938
Service No.
90705880HG
Last Name
First Name
Mohapi Petrus
Initials
M P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,632
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, after being accidentally run over by a learner driver in a Samil 20 at the Lenz Base. He received head injuries and was declared dead at the Baragwanath Hospital
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Notes
Son of Mr. Speelman Mdakane, of Matsaneng, Sharpville
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 26 Jul 2024: 90705880HG Rifleman Mohapi Petrus Mdakane, 21 Battalion, accidentally killed when run over by a Samil 20 in Lenz Base, age 23. ROH has learner driver and death at Baragwanath Hospital (kept).
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
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 26 Jul 2024: 90705880HG Rifleman Mohapi Petrus Mdakane, 21 Battalion, accidentally killed when run over by a Samil 20 in Lenz Base, age 23. ROH has learner driver and death at Baragwanath Hospital (kept).
- 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 23 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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