Identity
Person No.
33442
Old ROH no.
1545
Service No.
82379330BT
Last Name
First Name
Anton Bela
Initials
A B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,635
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, Buffalo crash near Swartwater, Botswana
Military Service
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
Unit History
Notes
No additional information known at this time
Research notes
MERGE 25 Aug 2026: PersonNumber 48767 ("Van der Merwe") deleted as a duplicate of this record -- identical ServiceNo (82379330BT) and DateDeath (1989-01-20), surname a spelling/OCR/case variant, confirmed via the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF cross-check. Same class of error as the Sekonjela/Sekonyela merge earlier the same day. 26 Aug 2026: Unit leftover "4 South African Infantry Battalion" → Regiment Hillcrest (SAWGP Regiment, no Unit).
Citations
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Stories
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Dedications 1
Sersant Anton vd Merwe was verbonde aan Charlie Kompanie Regiment Hillcrest. Oorlede in buffel ongeluk naby Swartwater, Botswana grens op 20 Januarie 1989.