Identity
Person No.
32513
Old ROH no.
1145
Service No.
81324592BT
Last Name
First Name
Dirk Cornelius
Initials
D C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,635
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Involved in a military vehicle accident on 17 October 1990, when the tyre on the vehicle blew about 35 km from Vryburg. He was transferred to 1 Mil with severe neck injuries, where he remained until his death on 26 October
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
Unit
Defence Force
SADF 3,839
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Pieterse, of Witfield, Boksburg.
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
- 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.
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