Identity
Person No.
32534
Old ROH no.
1150
Service No.
90447426
Last Name
First Name
Emsley
Initials
E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,627
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident, at Krugersdorp
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,823
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
Notes
Son of Mr. J. H. E. Pohl, of Bronkhorstspruit.
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "SA Army" cleared -- that's the service branch (Army, as distinct from Navy/Air Force), not a specific regiment; the actual unit ("Grp 36 HQ") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is.
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 123-124 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 1
I only found out about what happened in 1993 when I went to visit some of the guys that joined on for short Service in 1992. Cpl Mike Land told me that
Dedications
No dedications have been added yet.