Identity
Person No.
31987
Old ROH no.
981
Service No.
66304726BT
Last Name
First Name
Barry Juan
Initials
B J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DROW 1,203
Drowned
Cause of Death
Drowned, in the Port Elizabeth Harbour during a diving drill near the moored S.A. Van der Stel
Military Service
Branch
Navy
Rank
Seaman
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
Unit
Secondary Unit
Att 102 Battalion
Defence Force
SADF 3,832
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
1977 Navy. Sole name on this photograph (Moolman B.J.)
Notes
Son of Mr. A. H. M. Moolman, of Port Elizabeth.
Research notes
SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1977 SAA (Kruger–Maquinda, Walker–Wilters) to 1978 SAA (Amorim–Cassamano, Hunter–Mandunga)". 1977 Navy. Sole name on this photograph (Moolman B.J.).
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 27 Aug 2026 / Bushwar Books Lest We Forget 27 August (https://www.warbooks.co.za/posts/lest-we-forget-27-august/ confirms accidental drowning during diving training, SAS Donkin, Port Elizabeth Harbour. Graham rank Ordinary Seaman (Diver); ROH Seaman — not overwritten.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Bushwar Books - Lest We Forget
open source ↗
Lest We Forget 27 August
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Graham Last Post 27 Aug 2026
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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 134-135 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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