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Photo of Van Ellewee
Identity
Person No.
33509
Old ROH no.
1465
Service No.
67334920
Last Name
Van Ellewee 1
First Name
Andries Johannes
Initials
A J
Date of Birth
26 June 1951 102
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
23 February 1978 147
Cause code
SHOT 546
Shot
Cause of Death
Died in Shooting Incident 289
Died in Shooting Incident, at Narabis near Keetmanshoop. While standing beside an Eland 90 during live firing exercises on the 17 Feb 1978, he was struck in the neck and face by a piece of shrapnel. He died in the Windhoek Hospital
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Captain
Regiment
41 Battalion 21
Later renamed 911 Battalion (1980)
Corps
South West African Territory Force 376
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,857
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
Locality
North West 534
Cemetery
POTCHEFSTROOM CEMETERY 89
Grave Reference
Grave 3212 1
Coordinates
-26.71486, 27.075 OSM
Memorial
1978 SAA (Castle–Havenga, Mennigke–Wolfgang)
Names on 1978 SAA Castle-Wolfgang
Memorial
SADF Wall of Remembrance
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Voortrekker Monument, Eeufees Road, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa
Coordinates
-25.77639, 28.17583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
1978 SAA Castle-Wolfgang
On the panel
1978 Army. Right column. 38th name from the top (Van Ellewee A.J.)
Notes

Husband of Mrs. A. J. van Ellewee, of Vanderbijlpark.

Research notes

SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1978 SAA (Castle–Havenga, Mennigke–Wolfgang)". 1978 Army. Right column. 38th name from the top (Van Ellewee A.J.).
Joan van Ellewee (wife), ROH stories 3 Sep 2016: DOB 26 Jun 1951 (added), married 16 Dec 1977, commander at Narubis training Nama soldiers; confirms Service No 67334920 (Staande Mag/Permanent Force) and grave 3212. Her account of the accident (shrapnel off a stone, cervical vertebra) is consistent with the existing record's neck/face shrapnel from an Eland 90 live-fire demonstration.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Air Force" was CLEARED. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Army". Across the roll 787 records carried such a contradiction; judged against Corps and Regiment -- independent of both columns -- the evidence backed Branch 744 times and Unit2 not once. Branch is therefore kept and the contradicting word removed. Nothing is guessed: this man's branch of service is already recorded, and his sub-unit, if any, is simply not known.

Citations
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External References
Stories 1
by Joan van Ellewee (nee Marais) on 03 September 2016
Andries Johannes van Ellewee was born on 26 June 1951. We were married on 16 December 1977 and moved to Narubis, South West Africa. He was the commander on Narubis. They were preparing the Nama soldiers for independancy. During an open day there was an accident on 17 February 1978. The Eland was demonstrating shooting ranges. A part of the bomb struck a stone and came back horizontally. It struck Dries in his face and stuck into his cervical vertebra. They flew him to Katutura Hospital in Windhoek but he died on 23 February 1978. He is buried in grave no 3212 in Potchefstroom.
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Source: https://rohsa.co.za/person.php?PersonNumber=33509&pdf=1

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