Identity
Person No.
33868
Old ROH no.
1664
Service No.
83060095CK
Last Name
First Name
Jan Johannes Jacobus
Initials
J J J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,625
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, Buffel Troop carrier overturned, at Eersterivier
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
"A" Coy.
Defence Force
SADF 3,817
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wildschutt | Graham Last Post 13 Aug re-post uses suffix BG and place Eersterivier. CK kept (Cape Corps). Same Buffel as van Wyk 33627.
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: reverted Corps->Regiment for Cape Corps. John, citing SA History Online (sahistory.org.za/article/cape-coloured-corps-and-first-world-war), identified Cape Corps as a combat/recruiting identity with numbered battalions beneath it (like King's Royal Rifle Corps or the Machine Gun Corps), not an administrative branch grouping multiple distinct regiments -- unlike e.g. South African Infantry Corps, which genuinely groups different named regiments (Transvaal Scottish, Durban Light Infantry, etc).
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 13 Aug 2026: suffix CK (Cape Corps); same Buffel as van Wyk 33627.
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 13 Aug 2026 re-post: 83060095BG / Eersterivier (CK retained).
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
open source ↗
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour, page 100: gives SN suffix BG vs ROH CK — confirmed match, not overwritten.
Stories 1
if memory serves me correct the buffel rolled and he fell out and landed underneath the buffel
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