Identity
Person No.
32827
Old ROH no.
2031
Service No.
80588858CK
Last Name
First Name
Louis Brian
Initials
L B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
16
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,310
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in Buffel accident after detonating a mine. On road between Rundu and Mpacha
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Schoeman, of Bontheuwel, Cape Flats
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 05 Nov 2025: 80588858CK Private Louis Brian Schoeman, S.A. Cape Corps Maintenance Unit, accidentally killed when his Buffel Troop Carrier overturned near Rundu, 05 Nov 1981, age 17. ROH date is 01 Nov 1981, age 16, unit SA Cape Corps; cause is Buffel accident after detonating a mine on the Rundu–Mpacha road (not overwritten).
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External References
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 05 Nov 2025: 80588858CK Private Louis Brian Schoeman, S.A. Cape Corps Maintenance Unit, accidentally killed when his Buffel Troop Carrier overturned near Rundu, 05 Nov 1981, age 17. ROH date is 01 Nov 1981, age 16, unit SA Cape Corps; cause is Buffel accident after detonating a mine on the Rundu–Mpacha road (not overwritten).
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project
Stories 2
Louis Schoeman was a member of South African Cape Corps (SACC) during 1981 and died in a Buffel convoy accident form Rundu on Their way to Mapacha on the 5th of November 1981.
Pte Louis.B. Schoeman Force No 80588858CK was a member of the SACC Maintenance Unit and lived at 15 no 15 Kameelboom Str in Bonteheuwel on the Cape Flats. He was born on the 04 November 1964 and killed in Buffel accident after the detonation of landmine on their way to Mpacha on the 5 November 1981 a day after his 18th birthday. He received the Pro Patria Medal Posthumously in 1982.
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