Identity
Person No.
32668
Old ROH no.
1203
Service No.
88073218CK
Last Name
First Name
John
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,585
Accident
Cause of Death
Died of injuries, while moving through the Rooiberg Training Area, near Vredendal, Cape Province, on a training patrol, he stepped on an unexploded 40 mm rifle grenade
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Defence Force
SADF 3,848
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 Mrs. Johana Freida Sass, c/o Department of Water Affairs, 6 Bankhoek Street, Grabouw, Cape Province. His father was deceased.
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
-
SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
open source ↗
SADF.info Border RoH
- 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 136-137 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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