Identity
Person No.
33694
Old ROH no.
2008
Service No.
73269086BG
Last Name
First Name
Petrus Jacobus
Initials
P J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received during a follow up while awaiting CASEVAC
Military Service
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
Unit History
Notes
No additional information known at this time
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 06 Apr 2026: 73269086BG Rifleman Petrus Jacobus Venter, SWA SPES Unit SWATF, Killed in Action during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents near the Cut Line, age 23. ROH cause is died of wounds during a follow-up while awaiting CASEVAC (not overwritten). ROH unit is 1st SWA Specialist Unit.
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
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 06 Apr 2026: 73269086BG Rifleman Petrus Jacobus Venter, SWA SPES Unit SWATF, Killed in Action during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents near the Cut Line, age 23. ROH cause is died of wounds during a follow-up while awaiting CASEVAC (not overwritten). ROH unit is 1st SWA Specialist Unit.
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
open source ↗
SADF.info Border RoH
- 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 42-45 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories
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Dedications 1
To our friend, Tracker Piet Venter, quiet and tough as a ratel , who died on Operations in Ovamboland while waiting for casevac after being shot during a follow up. We will never forget you. Peter Viljoen, ex Trackers Wing, 1 SWA SPES