Identity
Person No.
33370
Service No.
75224584
Last Name
First Name
FRANCOIS de la REY
Initials
F D L R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
Unknown
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
2 Reconnaissance Regiment 1
Formerly
2 Reconnaissance Commando
(1981)
Unit
2 Reconnaissance Regiment 1
Formerly
2 Reconnaissance Commando
(1981)
Defence Force
SADF 3,839
South African Defence Force
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
Notes
Husband of Mrs. H.E. Uys of Pretoria.
Research notes
26 Aug 2026: Unit leftover "32 (Buffalo) Battalion" → 2 Recce Regiment (SAWGP Regiment, no Unit).
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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