Identity
Person No.
33959
Service No.
94841319
Last Name
First Name
Ettienne
Initials
M J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SUIC 381
Suicide
Cause of Death
Committed suicide, shot himself, after he shot his girlfriend, at Botshabelo
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SANDF 1,019
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (Mechanised)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Listed under South African Army Infantry (Mechanised) (Regular) in the SA Army Units navbox.
Notes
ref. SANDF 1998 Roll of Honour
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "South African Army" cleared -- that's the service branch (Army, as distinct from Navy/Air Force), not a specific regiment; the actual unit ("1 South African Infantry Battalion") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is.
Citations
Unknown
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