Identity
Person No.
33546
Old ROH no.
1483
Service No.
80318199BG
Last Name
First Name
Deon
Initials
D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,461
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident, in Clubview, Pretoria, while on official traffic control duty during a military exercise. A large truck filled with tons of builders gravel jack-knifed on the Old Johannesburg Road and overturned in the area where he had been doing duty. His body was only discovered two days later when the builders gravel was removed
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Notes
No additional information known at this time
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 07 Mar 2024: 80318199BG Corporal Deon van Niekerk, Northern Transvaal Command Provost Unit, reported missing in Clubview, Pretoria while on official traffic control duty; a gravel truck jack-knifed on the Old Johannesburg Road; body found two days later when the gravel was removed, age 20.
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 07 Mar 2024: 80318199BG Corporal Deon van Niekerk, Northern Transvaal Command Provost Unit, reported missing in Clubview, Pretoria while on official traffic control duty; a gravel truck jack-knifed on the Old Johannesburg Road; body found two days later when the gravel was removed, age 20.
- South African War Graves Project
Stories 1
Deon was killed in a horific vehicle accident in Pretoria whilst participating in some army exercise! A civilian gravel truck of some 30 tonnes jack-knifed and fell on him. He wasn't discovered until a day or two later. His life must never be forgotten!
Dedications 1
Deon, Die lewenslustigste en mees ondeundste mens wat ek ooit geken het. Soliede, soliede vriend. Vandag kan ek net vra of jou dood hierdie land werd was? Die generaals en politici weet nie eers van jou nie. Jou vriende onthou jou egter steeds. Aan die generaals, slaap lekker!!!