Identity
Person No.
33652
Old ROH no.
1531
Service No.
91201111BG
Last Name
First Name
Gideon
Initials
G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, in Katlehong on the East Rand (now part of Gauteng) during military intervention in a skirmish between IFP and ANC armed forces. His patrol drew AK47 and 9 mm fire from surrounding houses and he was wounded in the chest. He died later in Alberton Hospital
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,843
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Johan C. van Zyl, of Secunda.
Research notes
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 (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), pages 66-76 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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