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No photograph available — remembrance poppy
Identity
Person No.
32752
Old ROH no.
1237
Service No.
69216158BT
Last Name
Roux 47
First Name
Barend Cornelius
Initials
B C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1953 (±1 yr) 317
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
15 August 1979 124
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, while on patrol near Ondangwa
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
53 Battalion 7
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,843
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
1978 SAA (Hitchens–Human, Wolmarans) to 1979 SAA (Akaando–Djolomien, Maarman–Saal)
Names on 1978-1979 SAA Hitchens-Saal
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
1978-1979 SAA Hitchens-Saal
On the panel
1979 Army. Right column. 29th name from the top (Roux B.C.)
Unit History
Part of
Other listed units (not nested under a brigade above) › Modular Infantry Battalions under South West Africa Command
Awards
Pro Patria Medal
Pro Patria Medal
South Africa
Pro Patria Medal warrant, Government Gazette No. 5171 (25 Jun 1976), Rule 5, as amended by GG No. 5575 (3 Jun 1977); discontinued by GG No. 25213 (25 Jul 2003, Schedule corrected by GG No. 26778, 17 Sep 2004) for service on/after 27 Apr 2003. Gazette extracts: https://rohsa.co.za/award.php?id=24
Notes

***May have been from Rhodesia. ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood). Amendments from "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.

Research notes

SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1978 SAA (Hitchens–Human, Wolmarans) to 1979 SAA (Akaando–Djolomien, Maarman–Saal)". 1979 Army. Right column. 29th name from the top (Roux B.C.).
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
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External References
Stories 1
on 13 April 2008 · via source
SGT Corrie Roux of De Wet Regiment was killed in action after an ambush just North of Osigambo in August 1979. He was the platoon SGT. We platoon of 26 troops, were on patrol and walked into an ambush about 10:00 in to the ambush. The Lt. was Mike Rossouw. Four others got wounded but not seriously. I was part of the patrol. SGT Corrie was the best SGT that I did serviced in my career as a rifleman. Nick pcp177@goggaconnect
Dedications 1
by Johan Schoeman on 16 August 2024 · via War in Angola
See Army kills 24 Swapo terrorists, soldier dies - The Star 16 August 1979