Identity
Person No.
32512
Old ROH no.
1144
Service No.
87498465BG
Last Name
First Name
Warren John
Initials
W J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,631
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, Ratel accident 25 km from Koopmansfontein
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Trooper
Regiment
Corps
South African Armoured Corps
Unit
Defence Force
SADF 3,828
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
Unit History
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Pieters, of East London
Research notes
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: filled Corps -- each of these was EMPTY on this record and no existing value was changed. Derived fields recomputed inline where applicable.
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
- 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 111-113 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 1
His name was Warren Pieters and we were in 1SSB. He died en route from a training exercise. He originally came from East London and was a good friend.
Dedications
No dedications have been added yet.