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Identity
Person No.
32563
Old ROH no.
1164
Service No.
72203805BA
Last Name
Pretorius 149
First Name
Andries Jacobus
Initials
A J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1957 (±1 yr) 432
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
26 August 1976 79
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Killed when the vehicle he was traveling collided with a truck near Rundu 1
Killed when the vehicle he was traveling collided with a truck near Rundu
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
3 South African Infantry Battalion 70
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"D" Squadron
Defence Force
SADF 3,856
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1,612
Memorial
Memorial
SADF Wall of Remembrance
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Voortrekker Monument, Eeufees Road, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa
Coordinates
-25.77639, 28.17583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Part of
Training Formation
Notes

Son of Mr. E. J. Pretorius, of Louis Trichardt.

Research notes


14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added -- database-wide sweep for SADF Border War operational-area deaths within the medal's gazetted window (25 Jun 1976 - 27 Apr 2003), per the warrant's died-before-qualifying-period provision. See PersonAward.Citation for the gazette references.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added earlier today REVERTED -- John obtained the actual Government Gazette (GG 5171/5575); the "died before completing the qualifying period" provision relied on does not exist in the primary text (it was a secondary-source claim). Actual Rule 5 requires (a) combat/enemy-caused incident, (b) a Ministerially-acknowledged operation (clasp), or (c) 55+ continuous/90+ non-continuous days in an operational area -- none of which this record's cause of death clearly demonstrates.

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