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Identity
Person No.
33215
Old ROH no.
2089
Service No.
77254266PE
Last Name
Taylor 101
First Name
Christoffel Petrus
Initials
C P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1961 (±1 yr) 381
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
02 June 1981 93
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,514
Died in Aircraft Accident, Atlas AM3C Bosbok #958, near Eenhana. Whilst serving at AFB Ondangwa. On the 29 May 1981, while flying low level ration drops over a shona, the pilot clipped some trees while pulling up, lost control and crashed. He was evacuated to 1 Mil in Pretoria where he died on 2 June
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
1 Parachute Battalion 43
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
RAF Finningley 5
Defence Force
SADF 3,838
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,873
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
Meyerton (Riversdale) Cemetery 1
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1
Coordinates
-26.613833, 28.051500 OSM
Unit History
Role at time of death
Airborne light infantry (paratroops)
Status
Regular Force
Part of
44 Parachute Brigade
Raised 1 April 1961 at Tempe. First battalion of 44 Parachute Brigade from 1978.
Notes

Son of Mr. F. P. Taylor, of Meyerton

Research notes


14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added -- database-wide sweep for SADF Border War operational-area deaths within the medal's gazetted window (25 Jun 1976 - 27 Apr 2003), per the warrant's died-before-qualifying-period provision. See PersonAward.Citation for the gazette references.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added earlier today REVERTED -- John obtained the actual Government Gazette (GG 5171/5575); the "died before completing the qualifying period" provision relied on does not exist in the primary text (it was a secondary-source claim). Actual Rule 5 requires (a) combat/enemy-caused incident, (b) a Ministerially-acknowledged operation (clasp), or (c) 55+ continuous/90+ non-continuous days in an operational area -- none of which this record's cause of death clearly demonstrates.
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
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External References
Stories 1
by Jane Knight Taylor on 17 February 2011 · via source
He was killed in an aircraft accident on 29 May 1981, near Eenhana, in Atlas AM3C Bosbok #958, one afternoon while flying low level ration drops over a shona, one of the containers struck the rudder and elevators, then i think he possibly clipped some trees while pulling up and lost control and crashed. Christoffel Petrus Taylor, was a passenger in the plane at the time. 2nd LT, 1 Para Bn, 77254266PE, he was evacuated to 1 Mil in Pretoria and died of his injuries on 2 June 1981. Christoffel was born on 20 March 1961 and was the son of Mr FP Taylor, he is buried at Meyerton Cemetery.
Dedications 1
by Ariel on 21 July 2003 · via source
Piet, dis al 22jaar terug en ek dink nog gereeld aan jou,en ek regret nou nog die dag toe ek die tyding gekry het....ons mis jou ou maat!

Source: https://rohsa.co.za/person.php?PersonNumber=33215&pdf=1

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