Identity
Person No.
32542
Old ROH no.
1155
Service No.
72531742BG
Last Name
First Name
Louis Francois
Initials
L F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,576
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Kimbezi in Eastern Caprivi
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. 10th name from the top (Porter L.F.)
Notes
Son of Mr. H. L. Porter
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 31 Jul 2026: 72531742BG Sapper Louis Francois Porter, 46 Survey Squadron SAEC, killed in a military vehicle accident at Kimbezi, Eastern Caprivi, age 21. | Also Last Post 31 Jul 2024: 72531742BG Sapper Louis Francois Porter, 46 Survey Squadron SAEC, MVA at Kimbezi Eastern Caprivi, age 21.
SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1978 SAA (Castle–Havenga, Mennigke–Wolfgang)". 1978 Army. Right column. 10th name from the top (Porter L.F.).
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 31 Jul 2026: 46 Survey Sqn, MVA Kimbezi Eastern Caprivi.
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 31 Jul 2024: 72531742BG Sapper Louis Francois Porter from 46 Survey Squadron, South African Corps of Engineers, was killed in a military vehicle accident at Kimbezi in Eastern Caprivi. He was 21.
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project
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Dedications 1
Louis,the first time I met you you were a laaitie, when you lived in Delarey,me and your boet Ernest were buddies, later on me and you worked together at Escom, and then purely by chance we touched base on the Border, just before you died so tragically. Rest peacefully in Gods'arms my friend.