Identity
Person No.
33499
Service No.
84235654
Last Name
First Name
Hendrik Johannes
Initials
H J
Date of Birth
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MURD 458
Murdered
Cause of Death
He was murdered at the Vaalbank Training Area near Bethlehem. He was asleep and was struck on the head with a blunt instrument, by another member
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sapper
Regiment
Corps
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur
Defence Force
SADF 3,838
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Field Engineers
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Formed 1973 from 17 Field Squadron (relocated from Potchefstroom to Bethlehem, 1967); listed as the primary deployment unit of the SA Army Engineer Formation's regular units.
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. van Deventer, of Touwsrivier.
Research notes
Colyn Brookes, Mibisa: Volume One – Western Cape (Lulu, 2013, ISBN 9781447682523): Touwsrivier Cemetery Hero’s Acre D1, Hero's Acre D1.
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "2 Field Engineer Regiment" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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MIBISA Volume One – Western Cape
open source ↗
Touwsrivier Cemetery Hero’s Acre D1, Hero's Acre D1
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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