Identity
Person No.
35296
Service No.
W38424W
Last Name
First Name
Johan Andries
Initials
J A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, ambushed by insurgents near Kandahar Island in the Victoria Falls Area, Rhodesia. Shot dead after capture
Military Service
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Secondary Unit
South African Police
Defence Force
SAP 3,731
South African Police
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
In the gardens of the Union Buildings, on the eastern flank of the grounds, Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Interrogation of a Zipra prisoner revealed that he had been shot on the Rhodesian side of the river and his body had been stuffed into an aardvark hole and had never been found. ref. Gallantry Awards of the South African Police 1913-1994
Research notes
War in Angola Member Dedications forum (Johan Schoeman Excel export): Kuhn, Johan Andries, Sgt, South African Police — matched to this record (Booysens CID, 1974-03-08).
Citations
Unknown
External References
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South African Police Memorial
open source ↗
South African Police Memorial, Union Buildings, Pretoria (1984).
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), pages 114-116 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War in Angola Member Dedications forum (www.warinangola.com), Excel export supplied by Johan Schoeman, 1 Sep 2026. Forum post(s): 21576.
Stories
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Dedications 1
As told by Cde Jeffrey Ndlovu (pseudonym Kenny Murwiri), who was a former ZIPRA chief of technical engineering and adjutant-general: The 16 of us were all over, moving from one place to another laying mines until the numbers improved as more people were now pouring into Zambia while those who had gone for further training had also returned. On the issue of operations another success story was the capture and subsequent killing of South African troops near the Zambezi River but on the Rhodesian side. Our guerilla group led by Chibhoyi captured Sergeant Kuhn, a South African and executed him. From Sgt Kuhn’s section there were no survivors. That was a big and successful operation I tell you as it shook the Rhodesians and South Africans.
Read more at https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/lest-we-forget-capture-execution-of-sa-military-sergeant-kuhn/?fbclid=IwAR16jIrCCA3Bnx75nCmphHVG_w4zN6hMIyw6qtuGqjGs3lgX_Ej5b51dyz4
Read more at https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/lest-we-forget-capture-execution-of-sa-military-sergeant-kuhn/?fbclid=IwAR16jIrCCA3Bnx75nCmphHVG_w4zN6hMIyw6qtuGqjGs3lgX_Ej5b51dyz4