Identity
Person No.
31848
Service No.
82258641
Last Name
First Name
Gerrit
Initials
G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,633
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Private Vehicle Accident, on the Potgietersrus road, while off duty
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
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Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Artillery (Composite Regiment, Potchefstroom)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
"4 Artillery Regiment (Composite Regiment) (Potchefstroom)" listed under the SA Army Artillery Formation's regular units. Exact formation date not given in the source.
Notes
Son of Mrs. M. M. Meintjies, of Potgietersrus.
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "4 Artillery Regiment" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
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
Awarded while a Captain in 1 Recce Regiment on 28 October 1977
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