PDF
« Previous

Taljaard , Hendrik Franchois (H F)

Next »
No photograph available — remembrance poppy
Identity
Person No.
33202
Old ROH no.
1392
Service No.
81269136BG
Last Name
Taljaard 30
First Name
Hendrik Franchois
Initials
H F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1966 (±1 yr) 250
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
08 February 1984 93
Cause code
MVA 2,646
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,764
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, killed instantly when he was accidentally run over by a Samil 100 truck near Potchefstroom while on his way to stand guard at the North West Command Ammunition Dump. The Samil vehicle had stopped while the driver was checking which turn-off he should take and Taljaard used this opportunity to climb off the vehicle to pick up some small stones. The vehicle started reversing just as Taljaard tried to re-board and he slipped on the gravel and was accidentally run over
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Equestrian Centre 12
Defence Force
SADF 3,852
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
Notes

No additional information known at this time

Research notes


Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: gives Age 19 against this record's 18 (a difference of one year, so most likely a birthday-not-yet-reached transcription difference rather than a real disagreement). This record has no date of birth, so there is nothing to adjudicate with. Flagged, not changed.
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
Stories

No stories have been added yet.

Dedications

No dedications have been added yet.