Identity
Person No.
31877
Old ROH no.
956
Service No.
83463794BG
Last Name
First Name
Johann Raubenheimer
Initials
J R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in a contact with the enemy. Ratel APC struck by heavy mortar round
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
32 (Buffalo) Battalion 275
Later renamed
32 Battalion
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,839
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Within the Voortrekker Monument heritage precinct, Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
No. 135
Awards
South Africa
Pro Patria Medal warrant, Government Gazette No. 5171 (25 Jun 1976), Rule 5, as amended by GG No. 5575 (3 Jun 1977); discontinued by GG No. 25213 (25 Jul 2003, Schedule corrected by GG No. 26778, 17 Sep 2004) for service on/after 27 Apr 2003. Gazette extracts: https://rohsa.co.za/award.php?id=24
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Meyer
Research notes
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), pages 66-76 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 1
During the support of the attack on a known FAPLA position, the 32 anti-tank sqn was to lead the attack (starting at 06h30) with the tanks flanking left and right. After many attempts, due to the dense bush, the 32 anti-tank sqn moved to the flanks and the tanks to the front. After the 3rd attempt, the attack proceeded through the objective. Duing all this time, the enemy had withdrawn across the shona and hard idea firing positions on their previous held position. During the progress the column turned left, leaving the right flank facing the enemy (unknowingly). During a debussing, we were sitting on top of the ratel drinking and eating when the enemy attacked. Johan climbed through the gunners hatch, and I when through the side door (opposite the attack). Once inside, Johan wanted to close his hatch. It is at this time that the 121 mm mortar landed on the commanders hatch lip. Johan, unfortunately was in direct line of the expolosion. Johan, you are not forgotten and never will be.
Dedications 2
you will always be fondly remembered from our days at 2ssb and in angolo from your friends from 32 battalion anti tank sqd 1987 32 Battalion anti-tank sqd 1987
will never forget the day you passed on , as this is the day my father celebrates his birthday (13 September 1987) Dean Vd Merwe