Identity
Person No.
33040
Old ROH no.
1331
Service No.
73503294BA
Last Name
First Name
Pieter Willem Marais
Initials
P W M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,688
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received in a contact with the enemy. He was part of Battle Group Orange and was wounded by hand grenade shrapnel in a contact with Cuban and MPLA forces. He was evacuated by helicopter with other wounded, to Silva Porta, but he died en route
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Mr. W. H. Snyman, of Pretoria.
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 04 Jan 2024: 73503294BA Rifleman Pieter Willem Marais Snyman, 5 SAI, Killed in Action during Ops Savannah; enemy hand grenade thrown into his defensive trench near Dondo, Central Angola, killing him instantly, age 18. ROH records died of wounds en route to Silva Porta after grenade shrapnel (Battle Group Orange) — cause/instant death not overwritten.
Citations
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External References
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 04 Jan 2024: 73503294BA Rifleman Pieter Willem Marais Snyman, 5 SAI, Killed in Action during Ops Savannah; enemy hand grenade thrown into his defensive trench near Dondo, Central Angola, killing him instantly, age 18. ROH records died of wounds en route to Silva Porta after grenade shrapnel (Battle Group Orange) — cause/instant death not overwritten.
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project
Stories 2
4 January 1976, killed in Angola, outside Dondo. Hand grenade thrown into his trench. Was a member of 5SAI. Unknown Unknown
I collected RFN Snyman after he had been wounded, with a medic we took him to a point where we would meet a helicopter. He died in the helicopter. I often think about him and his parents. We had another Unimog with a Sgt Major and 10 troops as a guard for us, they left us and did not return, the medic and I had to spend the night in the bush by ourselves with our Unimog.
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