Identity
Person No.
33526
Old ROH no.
1473
Service No.
71314264N
Last Name
First Name
Mark Cornelius
Initials
M C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DIS 6,077
Died of disease
Cause of Death
Died of meningitis, on the way to an exercise in Gazankulu. He died whilst in transit at Potchefstroom
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"D" Coy. Oudtshoom
Defence Force
SADF 3,821
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
Unit History
Notes
Step-son of Mr. L. F. Broker.
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 79 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 1
He died of meningitis on the way to an exercise in Gazankulu in 1973. We were D Company 1SAI from Oudtshoorn, and he died whilst we in transit at Potchefstroom. What a waste! Mike Francis 2004
Dedications
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