Identity
Person No.
32018
Old ROH no.
991
Service No.
81881885BG
Last Name
First Name
Andre Dan
Initials
A D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,633
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, with less than 40 days to go on his service late in 1983, outside of the Kaokaland town of Opuwa in a Buffel accident at Grid 9390VK
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,832
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Notes
Son of Mr. J. J. Mostert
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
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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, pages 98-99: gives SN 81181885BG vs ROH 81881885BG (digit variant) — confirmed match, not overwritten.
Stories 3
Mostert died with less than 40 days to go on his service outside of the Kaokaland town of Opuwa late in 1983. Mostert was part of the Mounted infantry unit (Platoon 2) attached to 1 SWA SPES. Unknown
he died in a buffel accident cpl barrie was his platoon sergeant.annyboddy know where i can contact cpl barrie goldie
I would like to know if this young man was Andre Mostert from Vryheid by any chance. I was a pen pal and then the letters just stopped. Never knew what happened. In his last letter to me he spoke of a donkey that was like a house trained pet and mascot?
Dedications
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