Identity
Person No.
33541
Service No.
74219056
Last Name
First Name
Andre Johan
Initials
A J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,637
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died of injuries, received in a private motorcycle accident, at HF Verwoerd Hospital
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"B" Coy.
Defence Force
SADF 3,843
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
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Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Mechanised Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
Regiment de la Rey, established 1934 as one of the new Afrikaans-language Citizen Force units of the Union Defence Force. Renamed General de la Rey Regiment; one of only six mechanised units in the SANDF Reserve Force as of the post-1994 period.
Notes
Son of Mr. P. T. S. van Niekerk, of Pretoria.
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "Regiment De la Rey" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
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