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Identity
Person No.
33768
Service No.
84501352
Last Name
Volschenk 4
First Name
Leon
Initials
L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1968 (±1 yr) 303
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
08 July 1988 227
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds 2,435
Died of wounds, in 1 Military Hospital, from the effects of a gunshot wound in his abdomen received in a shooting accident at Oshivello on 30 June 1988. He was accidentally shot by an LMG during a fire and movement training exercise
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
4 South African Infantry Battalion 97
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,343
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Air Force
Defence Force
SADF 3,823
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,863
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY 478
Grave Reference
12858 GenM 1
Coordinates
-26.15926, 27.9943 OSM
Unit History
Part of
Infantry Formation (SAAIF) — Motorised Infantry — Regular
Notes

Son of Mr. S. C. Volschenk, of Johannesburg.

Research notes


14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added -- database-wide sweep for SADF Border War operational-area deaths within the medal's gazetted window (25 Jun 1976 - 27 Apr 2003), per the warrant's died-before-qualifying-period provision. See PersonAward.Citation for the gazette references.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added earlier today REVERTED -- John obtained the actual Government Gazette (GG 5171/5575); the "died before completing the qualifying period" provision relied on does not exist in the primary text (it was a secondary-source claim). Actual Rule 5 requires (a) combat/enemy-caused incident, (b) a Ministerially-acknowledged operation (clasp), or (c) 55+ continuous/90+ non-continuous days in an operational area -- none of which this record's cause of death clearly demonstrates.

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