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No photograph available — remembrance poppy
Identity
Person No.
33640
Old ROH no.
1523
Service No.
78295466BG
Last Name
Van Wyngaardt 2
First Name
Adriaan Francois
Initials
A F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1963 (±1 yr) 331
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
09 November 1982 115
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
While sweeping for landmines 1
While sweeping for landmines, he accidently stepped on a mine
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sapper
Regiment
2 Field Engineer Regiment 41
Corps
South African Engineer Corps 743
Later renamed South African Corps of Engineers
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,848
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1,612
Memorial
Memorial
SADF Wall of Remembrance
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Voortrekker Monument, Eeufees Road, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa
Coordinates
-25.77639, 28.17583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Field Engineers
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Engineer Formation — Regular
Formed 1973 from 17 Field Squadron (relocated from Potchefstroom to Bethlehem, 1967); listed as the primary deployment unit of the SA Army Engineer Formation's regular units.
Notes

No additional information known at this time

Research notes


4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "2 Field Engineer Regiment" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: gives Age 20 against this record's 19 (a difference of one year, so most likely a birthday-not-yet-reached transcription difference rather than a real disagreement). This record has no date of birth, so there is nothing to adjudicate with. Flagged, not changed.
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
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External References
Stories 1
by Carl Trahms on 20 August 2006 · via source
Ek is Carl Trahms. Attie was saam met my op skool, en ons het saam in Dinwiddie gewoon. Saam in Elspark Tegnies gewees. 'n Goeie vriend van my. Altyd saam partytjies bygewoon. Ek onthou sy mooi meisie wat hy in matriek gehad het. Kan nie haar naam onthou nie maar sy was mooi en hy was vrek baie lief vir haar. Ek het Attie weer op die grens raakgeloop en met hom gepraat net voor sy dood. Hy het 'n pad vir landmyne gevee toe hy op een getrap het. Sy dood was erg vir die hele basis en vir my wat hom so goed geken het. Eek salueer hom en sy familie vandag want hy het met die duurste prys betaal.
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