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Identity
Person No.
33863
Old ROH no.
1661
Service No.
67314088BT
Last Name
Wiese 8
First Name
Barend Frederick
Initials
B F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1951 (±1 yr) 254
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
27 December 1977 92
Cause code
MVA 2,635
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,764
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, on the Rundu-Bagani Rd. Unimog rolled in wet weather killing 3 members
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Regiment Bloemspruit 8
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
1st Bn.
Defence Force
SADF 3,838
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,873
Locality
Free State 737
Cemetery
BLOEMFONTEIN (SOUTHPARK) CEMETERY 50
Grave Reference
Block 13 Grave 1 1
Memorial
1977 SAA (Kruger–Maquinda, Walker–Wilters) to 1978 SAA (Amorim–Cassamano, Hunter–Mandunga)
Names on 1977-1978 SAA Kruger-Mandunga
Memorial
SADF Wall of Remembrance
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Voortrekker Monument, Eeufees Road, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa
Coordinates
-25.77639, 28.17583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
1977-1978 SAA Kruger-Mandunga
On the panel
1977 Army. Right column. 5th name from the top (Wiese B.F.)
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Citizen Force (Reserve)
Regiment Bloemspruit, established 1 January 1964 as a Citizen Force Infantry Regiment. Renamed Mangaung Regiment.
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Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 27 Dec 2022: 67314088BT Lance Corporal Barend Frederick Wiese, 1st Battalion Regiment Bloemspruit, killed when their Unimog skidded off the Rundu-Bagani road in wet weather, age 26. Same Unimog as Kruger A.J. PN 31165 and Myburgh L. PN 32139. Unit and cause already matched.
SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1977 SAA (Kruger–Maquinda, Walker–Wilters) to 1978 SAA (Amorim–Cassamano, Hunter–Mandunga)". 1977 Army. Right column. 5th name from the top (Wiese B.F.).
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "Regiment Bloemspruit" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
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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