Identity
Person No.
32213
Old ROH no.
1041
Service No.
78274552BG
Last Name
First Name
Japie Louis
Initials
J L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,631
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, on the Malaladrift Road, about 46km outside Messina
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Nel, of Messina.
Research notes
26 Aug 2026: Unit leftover "8 South African Infantry Battalion" → Soutpansberg Military Area (SAWGP Regiment, no Unit).
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 (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), pages 95-97 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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