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Identity
Person No.
41865
Service No.
80080930PC
Last Name
Willemse 26
First Name
Pieter
Initials
P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1961 (±1 yr) 381
Age at Death
30
Death Record
Date of Death
24 August 1991 107
Cause code
MVA 2,632
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Private Vehicle Accident 176
Died in Private Vehicle Accident, head on collision between Eersterivier and Delft, 3 members died, at Eersterivier
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Regiment
Cape Corps 1,518
Unit
121 South African Infantry Battalion insignia 121 South African Infantry Battalion 18
Secondary Unit
H.Q.
Defence Force
SADF 3,830
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,873
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,272
Grave Reference
Reportedly buried in Fraserburg 5
Unit History
Part of
South African Defence Force (1957–1994)
Part of
Infantry Formation (SAAIF) — Motorised Infantry — Regular
Notes

Husband of Mrs. J. Willemse, of Bloekom Street, Forest Heights, Eersterivier

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 24 Aug 2026: confirms existing record (private MVA, head-on collision between Eersterivier and Delft, with Paulsen and Lee).
4 Sep 2026: reverted Corps->Regiment for Cape Corps. John, citing SA History Online (sahistory.org.za/article/cape-coloured-corps-and-first-world-war), identified Cape Corps as a combat/recruiting identity with numbered battalions beneath it (like King's Royal Rifle Corps or the Machine Gun Corps), not an administrative branch grouping multiple distinct regiments -- unlike e.g. South African Infantry Corps, which genuinely groups different named regiments (Transvaal Scottish, Durban Light Infantry, etc).

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