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Identity
Person No.
32480
Old ROH no.
1831
Service No.
72370133BG
Last Name
Pfeffer 1
First Name
Hans Wolfgang
Initials
H W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1956 (±1 yr) 384
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
29 July 1980 99
Cause code
DIS 6,078
Died of disease
Cause of Death
Died of cerebral meningitis 4
Died of cerebral meningitis, contracted in the Operational Area, in 1 Military Hospital
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Engineer Corps 743
Later renamed South African Corps of Engineers
Unit
H.M.S.A.S. Protea 6
Defence Force
SADF 3,836
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,873
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1,612
Memorial
1980 Army (Abel–Ralikwatha). Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
Names on 1980 Army Abel-Ralikwatha
Memorial
SADF Wall of Remembrance
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Voortrekker Monument, Eeufees Road, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa
Coordinates
-25.77639, 28.17583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
1980 Army Abel-Ralikwatha
On the panel
1980 Army. Right column. 40th name from the top (Pfeffer H.W.)
Unit History
Home Unit
H.M.S.A.S. Protea
Attached To
61 Mechanised Battalion Group
Notes

Son of Mr. J. Pfeffer

Research notes

SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1980 Army (Abel–Ralikwatha). Photograph: South African War Graves Project.". 1980 Army. Right column. 40th name from the top (Pfeffer H.W.).
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.

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