Identity
Person No.
33206
Old ROH no.
1395
Service No.
P/17993
Last Name
First Name
Matthys Johannes
Initials
M J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, in Stettynsberg mountains, in Avro Shackleton MR Mk 3 #1718
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,838
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Son of Mr. D. J. Taljaard, of Bredasdorp, Cape Province. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "35 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Air Force" 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 "Air Force".
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 08 Aug 2026: 2nd Radio Operator. ServiceNo P/17993 (was P1/7993).
- 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), page 4 of 143: gives SN P1/7993 (ROH: P/17993, digit-order variant) — confirmed match otherwise, not overwritten.
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