Identity
Person No.
33623
Old ROH no.
2051
Service No.
77396687BG
Last Name
First Name
Daniel Johannes
Initials
D J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,735
Aircraft accident
Military Service
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
Unknown
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Son of Dr. A. H. van Wyk, of Simarlo, Pretoria. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Research notes
26 Aug 2026: Unit leftover "17 Squadron" → Military Intelligence (SAWGP Regiment, no Unit); Regiment "Sector 2" → Military Intelligence (SAWGP Regiment).
7 Sep 2026: CauseDeath was a forward-fill copy from PN 33622 (Van Wyk, Dawid Hercules (D H)), an unrelated record -- cleared as contamination (CauseDeath-contamination scan, data/causedeath-contamination-scan-2026-09-07.md, batch 2), not a real cause.
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), pages 93-94 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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