Identity
Person No.
32401
Old ROH no.
1098
Service No.
08100927KV
Last Name
First Name
Frederik Jacobus
Initials
F J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
56
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,640
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, on the Potchefstroom - Klerksdorp Road. Both him and his wife died. They were returning from a military function
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Warrant Officer Class I
Regiment
32 (Buffalo) Battalion 275
Later renamed
32 Battalion
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,848
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Father of Mr. P. J. Opperman, of Reitz Street, Potchefstroom. Member of the Hartebeesfontein Commando.
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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Mike Sandham List 1
List 1 (Mike Sandham hard-to-research list): listed as 'Opperman' (year 1993). list wall/ref 93010204. matched ROH by force number 08100927KV. list notes: 1993: No record on South Africa War Graves Project. Opperman F.J. AO1 (24 Oct 1992: 08100927KV Warrant Officer Class I Frederik Jacobus Opperman?).
- 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 114-116 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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