Identity
Person No.
32702
Old ROH no.
1214
Service No.
76233832BT
Last Name
First Name
Kevin Alan
Initials
K A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,640
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, between Vereeniging and Johannesburg
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Coordinates
Unit History
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Roberts, of Johannesburg.
Research notes
Gunners Association RoH lists them (South African Border War 1988 Gunner K.A. Roberts) - https://www.gunners.org.za/home-2/roll-of-honour/
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
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Gunners' Association of South Africa Roll of Honour
open source ↗
South African Border War 1988 Gunner K.A. Roberts
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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 107-108 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 1
I was with Roberts the day of the accident, we were busy shoot with our G5 when after a few shots we had a miss fire, Roberts was the one shooting the gun he walked up to the gun and as soon as he touched the mechanism to reset to fire again the gun went off by itself, Roberts was right behind the gun and the recoil of the barrel him on the side of his hip he was unconscious immediately and never regained consciousness. We heard once or twice that he was ok after been cassevaced to 1 Mil but I only found out +- 4 years after militry service that he passed on. To this day i still think of him alot and what could have been, this accident is imprinted in my head for ever R v Heerden
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