Identity
Person No.
31936
Service No.
94762234PE
Last Name
First Name
Joseph Thapelo
Initials
J T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Cause of Death
Died of burn wounds, at 1 Military Hospital, as a result of gas shower explosion, at Eshowe
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SANDF 1,026
South African National 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
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (Motorised)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Listed under South African Army Infantry (Motorised) (Regular) in the SA Army Units navbox.
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. K. Mmokele, of Dinikana. Ref SANDF 1997 RoH.
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
Stories 1
Can you help me I am H C van Rensburg and was born in 1973 my father PJ van Rensburg was born in 1948 do any person now who was this persons history my e mail hendrikc90@yahoo.com HC van Rensburg
Dedications
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