Identity
Person No.
41517
Service No.
86839701SCB
Last Name
First Name
Petrus Jacobus
Initials
P J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DROW 1,203
Drowned
Cause of Death
Accidentally drowned in the Officers/NCO's swimming pool at the Battalion Headquarters. He was last seen sitting on a tube in the pool during the late afternoon and nobody saw him fall into the water. Due to the high levels of lime in the water at the time, the pool water was murky and it was only the following morning while the pool was being swept by Sergeant Smith, that his body was discovered
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
102 Battalion 34
Formerly
37 Battalion
(1980)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,830
South African 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
Attached To
Notes
No additional information known at this time
Research notes
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: gives ServiceNo 86389701SCB against this record's 86839701SCB. The two numbers differ by only 2 digit(s), so one is a transcription slip -- but nothing here says which, and this record is not part of any shared-number run. Not resolved. Flagged, not changed.
Citations
***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
External References
- 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), page 22 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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