Identity
Person No.
33464
Old ROH no.
35645
Service No.
84328616BT
Last Name
First Name
Marius
Initials
M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,586
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident, while on patrol near Buffalo. He went for a swim amongst the reeds and it is thought that he was taken by a crocodile. He remains unaccounted for and has no known grave
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
32 (Buffalo) Battalion 275
Later renamed
32 Battalion
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"A" Coy.
Defence Force
SADF 3,856
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Son of Mr. J. L. van der Merwe, of Durban.
Citations
Unknown
External References
- 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 24 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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