Identity
Person No.
33474
Old ROH no.
1563
Service No.
81225880BG
Last Name
First Name
Willem Stephanus
Initials
W S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Died in 1 Mil Hospital from injuries received during training on the 22 Oct 1985. Injured during a mortar demonstration
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Defence Force
SADF 3,848
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. H.S. van der Merwe, of Bergville.
Research notes
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
Unknown
External References
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War in Angola Member Dedications forum (www.warinangola.com), Excel export supplied by Johan Schoeman, 1 Sep 2026. Forum post(s): 13127.
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Dedications 1
Lt Van der Merwe was in A-coy, falcon 3.He got injured during conventional training ( a tyre that was placed behind a claymore mine hit him from the back blast).