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Identity
Person No.
32161
Old ROH no.
1028
Service No.
85332369BG
Last Name
Naude 60
First Name
Adriaan Jacobus
Initials
A J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1969 (±1 yr) 301
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
25 September 1987 133
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Cause of Death
Accidentally electrocuted at Modder River Station 1
Electrocuted and died instantly after accidentally touching overhead high-tension cables while standing on the roof of a military truck, helping to off-load supplies at Modder River Station south of Kimberley
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Ordnance Services Corps 95
Later renamed South African Ordnance Service Corps
Unit
1 Maintenance Unit 47
Defence Force
SADF 3,839
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
Locality
North West 534
Cemetery
BRITS (LANGBERG) CEMETERY 19
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 10
Notes

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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".
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 25 Sep 2026: "85332369BG Private Adriaan Jacobus Naude from 1 Maintenance Unit was electrocuted and died instantly when he accidentally touched overhead High Tension Cables while standing on rooftop of a military truck while assisting to off-load supplies at the Modder River Station, South of Kimberley. He was 18." Cause of death filled out -- the stored text read only "Accidentally electrocuted at Modder River Station, south of Kimberley", without how it happened or that death was instant.

Citations
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External References
Stories 1
by Graham Du Toit on 25 September 2014 · via source
25 Sep 1987: 85332369BG Private Adriaan Jacobus Naude from 1 Maintenance Unit was accidentally electrocuted at Modder River Station, South of Kimberley. He was 18.
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