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Identity
Person No.
40876
Service No.
84918168SWH
Last Name
Kuvari 3
First Name
Joshua Isaac
Initials
J I
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1966 (±1 yr) 250
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
21 January 1986 110
Cause code
MVA 2,631
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,764
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, when the Buffel Troop carrier in which he was travelling, overturned in Northern Owamboland
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
102 Battalion 34
Formerly 37 Battalion (1980)
Corps
South West African Territory Force 376
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"C" Coy.
Defence Force
SADF 3,828
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
IV. C. 18. 1
Memorial
Memorial
SADF Wall of Remembrance
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Voortrekker Monument, Eeufees Road, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa
Coordinates
-25.77639, 28.17583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes

No additional information known at this time

Research notes


14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added -- database-wide sweep for SADF Border War operational-area deaths within the medal's gazetted window (25 Jun 1976 - 27 Apr 2003), per the warrant's died-before-qualifying-period provision. See PersonAward.Citation for the gazette references.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added earlier today REVERTED -- John obtained the actual Government Gazette (GG 5171/5575); the "died before completing the qualifying period" provision relied on does not exist in the primary text (it was a secondary-source claim). Actual Rule 5 requires (a) combat/enemy-caused incident, (b) a Ministerially-acknowledged operation (clasp), or (c) 55+ continuous/90+ non-continuous days in an operational area -- none of which this record's cause of death clearly demonstrates.

Citations

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

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