Identity
Person No.
33863
Old ROH no.
1661
Service No.
67314088BT
Last Name
First Name
Barend Frederick
Initials
B F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
26
Military Service
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Secondary Unit
1st Bn.
Defence Force
SADF 3,290
South African Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,576
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, on the Rundu-Bagani Rd. Unimog rolled in wet weather killing 3 members
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
1977 Army. Right column. 5th name from the top (Wiese B.F.)
Notes
No additional information known at this time
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.).
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
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.
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project
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