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Identity
Person No.
32506
Old ROH no.
1140
Service No.
05197975PE
Last Name
Pienaar 53
First Name
Louis Matthys Jakobus
Initials
L M J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1921 (±1 yr) 698
Age at Death
45
Death Record
Date of Death
08 May 1966 120
Cause code
MVA 2,628
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,761
Died in Military Vehicle Accident. The landrover he was driving collided with a civilian vehicle, near Heidelberg
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Warrant Officer Class I
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Engineer Corps 742
Later renamed South African Corps of Engineers
Unit
Att to School of Artillery 2
Defence Force
SADF 3,825
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,866
Locality
North West 534
Cemetery
POTCHEFSTROOM CEMETERY 89
Grave Reference
Military Stone - 5 1
Coordinates
-26.71486, 27.075 OSM
Notes

Husband of Mrs. E. S. Pienaar.

Research notes

Gunners Association RoH lists them (South African Border War 1966 Sergeant Major L.M.J. Pienaar) - https://www.gunners.org.za/home-2/roll-of-honour/
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Air Force" was CLEARED. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Army". Across the roll 787 records carried such a contradiction; judged against Corps and Regiment -- independent of both columns -- the evidence backed Branch 744 times and Unit2 not once. Branch is therefore kept and the contradicting word removed. Nothing is guessed: this man's branch of service is already recorded, and his sub-unit, if any, is simply not known.

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