Identity
Person No.
33817
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
John
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,648
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, on the Grootfontein-Tsumeb road
Military Service
Rank
Unknown
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
Air Force
Defence Force
Unknown
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Of Walthamstow, Essex, England
Research notes
SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 84488105BG cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "WEBB, IAN MICHAEL" (RFN, Sterf 20 06 88), matching PersonNumber 33816 (Webb, DateDeath 1988-06-20) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "84488105BG". Left as an unresolved collision otherwise -- this correction is specific to this one PDF-confirmed case, not a general claim this record's other data is wrong.
Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories 1
5109 L/Cpl. E. White was an undecorated hero. Assigned to the 7Th M.I. He was shot through the stomach while rescuing a trooper from The Lincolns who had a horse shot out from under him and was being shot at and chased by the enemy. Action at a farm near Clocolan on 23 March, 1901. He was taken to Bloemfontein where he died on 16 May, 1901. (Eyewitness account from A SOLDIER'S DIARY, Sgt. Murray Jackson)
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