Identity
Person No.
31955
Old ROH no.
972
Service No.
78539293BG
Last Name
First Name
Jean Louis
Initials
J L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,634
Motor vehicle accident
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Cape Town Highlanders 73
Later renamed
First City/Cape Town Highlanders
(1943)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,836
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Son of Mrs. H. N. Moerdyk
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "Cape Town Highlanders 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
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, pages 95-97: gives date 1982-07-13 and SN 79539293BG vs ROH 1982-11-29/78539293BG (name/initials match, date and SN both differ) — confirmed by name only, not overwritten, flagged for further verification.
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