Identity
Person No.
32929
Old ROH no.
1293
Service No.
89814156HD
Last Name
First Name
John Sidney
Initials
J S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,633
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Tzaneen, water bunker capsized
Military Service
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
Unit History
Notes
No additional information known at this time
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 24 Aug 2026: the Samil water tanker vehicle, driven by Rifleman Khosa [sic, this DB's spelling: Khoza], overturned at Tzaneen after the vehicle's rear tyre burst.
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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Bushwar Books - Lest We Forget
open source ↗
24 Aug post, confirms Graham
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
24 Aug 2026 post
- 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 111-113 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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