Identity
Person No.
31867
Service No.
80821200SP
Last Name
First Name
Unknown
Initials
T A S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,634
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in a Military Vehicle Accident, when the Buffel Troop carrier in which they were traveling, overturned
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
201 Battalion 43
Formerly
31 Battalion
(1980)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,834
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
No additional information known at this time
Research notes
10 Sep 2026: Cleared FirstName "Meshack" as forward-fill from 31866. ServiceNo/cause left pending review (partial confidence). Mike Sandham FN pass.
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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Mike Sandham
Email 9 Sep 2026: Contaminated? Mesongo 31867 - cleared Meshack FN only
- 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), pages 95-97 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 1
Johannes Anonie van Niekerk, the son of Gerrit Jacobus van Niekerk, former Commissioner of the Zuid Afrikaanse Polisie (ZARP) died in the battle of Modder River of wounds sustained in battle. He was married with two young children and stayed on the farm Niekersrust outside Schweizer-Reineke. He was the Native Commissioner at Bloemhof and held the rank of Kommedant. His name appears on the memorial just outside Kimberely near Magersfontein. paul van Niekerk
Dedications
No dedications have been added yet.