Identity
Person No.
31878
Old ROH no.
957
Service No.
79436630BG
Last Name
First Name
Jacobus Theodorus
Initials
J T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Military Service
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,290
South African Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,462
Accident
Cause of Death
Died of accidental injuries, at Oshivello, during a weapons familiarization accident. A supposedly "safe" foreign grenade exploded and killed several men
Location
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Meyer
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 11 Oct 2024: 79436630BG Lance Corporal Jacobus Theodorus Meyer, 1 SAI Mechanised Leadership Wing, Oshivello: during familiarisation training on foreign weapons a Soviet hand grenade was accidentally detonated, killing five. Same incident as Geustyn, Venter, Jones, Meyer and Wessels. He was 19. ROH age is 18 (not overwritten).
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 11 Oct 2024: 79436630BG Lance Corporal Jacobus Theodorus Meyer, 1 SAI Mechanised Leadership Wing, Oshivello: during familiarisation training on foreign weapons a Soviet hand grenade was accidentally detonated, killing five. Same incident as Geustyn, Venter, Jones, Meyer and Wessels. He was 19. ROH age is 18 (not overwritten).
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project
Stories 1
JT was at MLW (Mechanised Leadership Wing) with me at 1SAI. On the 11 October 1982, at Oshivello, during a familiarization with weapons used by PLAN, one of the soldiers pressed a button on a Russian grenade that exploded killing 4 soldiers. Candidate Officer CASPER WILLEM JOHANNES GEUSTYN Lance Corporal ALAN RODGER JONES Lance Corporal JACOBUS THEODORUS MEYER Lance Corporal EDGAR SYDNEY WESSELS Doug Beveridge
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