Identity
Person No.
33485
Old ROH no.
1570
Service No.
72380348BA
Last Name
First Name
Ettienne Pieter
Initials
E P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,635
Motor vehicle accident
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur
Defence Force
SADF 3,839
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
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Unit History
Part of
Notes
Son of Mrs. J. N. L. van der Westhuizen
Research notes
MERGE 25 Aug 2026: PersonNumber 48746 ("Van der Westhuizen") deleted as a duplicate of this record -- identical ServiceNo (72380348BA) and DateDeath (1977-01-21), 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.
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Dedications 2
Ettiene jy is in die fleur van jou lewe van ons weggeneem. Ons sal jou altyd mis en in ons harte dra. Ansa Kahts (vd Westhuizen
Ettiene Pieter van der Westhuizen was born on the 31st of March 1956 in Vryheid Natal. He was the 2nd youngest of 6 Children. He died in a car accident on the 21st of January 1977 on the road between Naboomspruit and Nystroom along with 4 other army buddies. They were taking an injured soldier to 1 Mil in Pretoria when the accident happened that fatal Friday night. He will always be in our hearts, and is dearly missed by his brothers and sisters. Ansa Kahts(van der Westhuizen)