Identity
Person No.
33773
Old ROH no.
1620
Service No.
79468609PS
Last Name
First Name
Barend Jacobus
Initials
B J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Military Service
Rank
Captain
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
Air Force
Defence Force
SADF 3,263
South African Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,738
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in aircraft accident, when his Atlas MB326M Impala Mk I, Serial No. 464 crashed into the sea off Durban during a training exercise with the South African Navy. His rear-seater, Captain Renier Pienaar ejected successfully and was rescued from the sea by the Navy
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Vorster. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Citations
Unknown
External References
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project
Stories
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Dedications 1
My room-mate at CFS Langebaanweg on pupes course 1/82. We talked for many hours about "ejecting in time" during an emergency. What happened off the beach at Durban on that terrible day - 20 July 1987. "Fly free Fly forever - Rest in peace" "Harry" Carel Oberholzer