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Identity
Person No.
39434
Service No.
93765
Last Name
First Name
Jan Albert
Initials
J A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, by an anti-personnel mine during mine laying operations near the Mocambique border
Military Service
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Unknown
Secondary Unit
2 Troop
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Notes

Husband of Sannie Holtzhausen. Father of Jannie Holtzhausen. ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood). Amendments from "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.

Research notes


4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "Rhodesian Corps of Engineers" (a branch, not a specific regiment) moved to Corps, per John's decision on the broader Regiment/Corps field-swap review.
25 Sep 2026, Rhodesian squadron split: this record was moved from the combined entity "3 Squadron (RSF)" to "3 Squadron, Rhodesian Corps of Engineers". That entity held both the Rhodesian Air Force flying squadron and the Rhodesian Corps of Engineers squadron of the same number, which are unrelated units; it was created by a cleanup that split shared squadron names by Force alone, and Force does not separate two Rhodesian squadrons. This record is assigned on the evidence of its own Corps column naming the Rhodesian Corps of Engineers outright, not on the squadron number.

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***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file

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