PDF
« Previous

Roux , Anton Geno (A G)

Next »
No photograph available — remembrance poppy
Identity
Person No.
32750
Old ROH no.
1236
Service No.
78275658PE
Last Name
Roux 47
First Name
Anton Geno
Initials
A G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1962 (±1 yr) 360
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
10 July 1982 129
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,514
Killed in aircraft accident, in Ops area, SWA, in Atlas AM3C Bosbok #950. At Ondangua, while over flying over an Army column, pilot decided to do a quick stall turn at low level for the troops, failed to recover and crashed nearby
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Candidate Officer
Regiment
42 Squadron 20
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
Unknown
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
Disbanded air and training squadrons
Notes

Son of Mr. P. J. Roux, of Pretoria. ref. 85 years of SAAF

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "42 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Air Force". Across the roll 787 records carried such a contradiction; judged against Corps and Regiment -- independent of both columns -- the evidence backed Branch 744 times and Unit2 not once. Branch is therefore kept and the contradicting word removed. Nothing is guessed: this man's branch of service is already recorded, and his sub-unit, if any, is simply not known.

Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories 1
on 24 October 2008 · via source
CO A G Roux was killed on 10 Jul 82 as passenger in a Bosbok (950) that was flown by Lt O C Janse Van Rensburg and crashed at Oshigambo in SWA Johan Meyer
Dedications

No dedications have been added yet.