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Identity
Person No.
32382
Old ROH no.
1074
Service No.
80246093BG
Last Name
O'neill 6
First Name
Johannes Albertus
Initials
J A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1964 (±1 yr) 296
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
04 September 1982 125
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Cause of Death
Died of injuries 578
Died of injuries, at 1 Military Hospital, of burn wounds received on 30 August 1982 at Ondangwa, when he lit a cigarette while standing near petrol drums. The fumes ignited and caused a fire
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Ordnance Services Corps 95
Later renamed South African Ordnance Service Corps
Unit
5 Maintenance Unit 20
Defence Force
SADF 3,836
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,873
Locality
Free State 737
Cemetery
BLOEMSPRUIT CEMETERY 1
Grave Reference
W1 1
Unit History
Home Unit
5 Maintenance Unit
Attached To
5th Reconnaissance Regiment
Notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. O'Neill, of Bloemspruit.

Research notes


14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added -- database-wide sweep for SADF Border War operational-area deaths within the medal's gazetted window (25 Jun 1976 - 27 Apr 2003), per the warrant's died-before-qualifying-period provision. See PersonAward.Citation for the gazette references.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added earlier today REVERTED -- John obtained the actual Government Gazette (GG 5171/5575); the "died before completing the qualifying period" provision relied on does not exist in the primary text (it was a secondary-source claim). Actual Rule 5 requires (a) combat/enemy-caused incident, (b) a Ministerially-acknowledged operation (clasp), or (c) 55+ continuous/90+ non-continuous days in an operational area -- none of which this record's cause of death clearly demonstrates.

Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories 1
on 30 March 2010 · via source
Per the CWGC site, he was a 2nd Lt, his force number was 47304 and he was with 25 Squadron and deceased 17/12/41. His name is shown on column 246 on the Alamein Memorial Warwick
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