Identity
Person No.
32487
Old ROH no.
1136
Service No.
78680338CK
Last Name
First Name
James Barnard
Initials
J B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Military Service
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,287
South African Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SUIC 368
Suicide
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
1978 Army. Right column. 9th name from the top (Phillander J.B.)
Notes
No additional information known at this time
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 15 Oct 2025: 78680338CK Corporal James Barnard Phillander, South African Cape Corps, Killed in Action during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland, age 22. ROH rank is Lance Corporal, age 19; cause is hanged himself at Kimberley (not overwritten).
SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1978 SAA (Castle–Havenga, Mennigke–Wolfgang)". 1978 Army. Right column. 9th name from the top (Phillander J.B.).
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 15 Oct 2025: 78680338CK Corporal James Barnard Phillander, South African Cape Corps, Killed in Action during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland, age 22. ROH rank is Lance Corporal, age 19; cause is hanged himself at Kimberley (not overwritten).
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project
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