Identity
Person No.
33570
Old ROH no.
1492
Service No.
8254375PE
Last Name
First Name
Karen Mona
Initials
K M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,637
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Private Motor Vehicle Accident, at Voortrekkerhoogte, while on duty
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
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
Daughter of Mr. W. J. van Rensburg, of Despatch.
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "Administrative Services Corps" (a branch, not a specific regiment) moved to Corps, per John's decision on the broader Regiment/Corps field-swap review.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".
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, pages 120-122: gives SN 81542375PE vs ROH 8254375PE (digit dropped) — confirmed match, not overwritten.
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