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Identity
Person No.
48836
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Buckle 5
First Name
Derick
Initials
Unknown
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1962 (±1 yr) 358
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
24 August 1988 107
Cause code
MVA 2,646
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Killed together with his wife Heila Theresia Buckle after they both suffered severe multiple injuries in a private motor vehicle accident in Virginia 1
Killed together with his wife Heila Theresia Buckle (nee Greyling) after they both suffered severe multiple injuries in a private motor vehicle accident in Virginia.
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Captain
Regiment
Regiment De la Rey 20
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,852
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Unknown
Grave Reference
Unknown
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Mechanised Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
82 Mechanised Brigade
Regiment de la Rey, established 1934 as one of the new Afrikaans-language Citizen Force units of the Union Defence Force. Renamed General de la Rey Regiment; one of only six mechanised units in the SANDF Reserve Force as of the post-1994 period.
Notes
Unknown
Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 24 Aug 2026: new record, no prior ROH entry found. Wife Heila Theresia Buckle (nee Greyling, age 25) recorded separately as a related civilian death. | Mike Sandham 24 Aug 2026 omissions: A member from Regiment De la Rey, South African Infantry Corps together with his wife Died in Private Motor Vehicle Accident after they both suffered severe multiple injuries in Virginia. Captain Derick Buckle. He was 26. Confirms existing Graham 24 Aug 2026 record. RankID set to 13 (Captain). No force number given. Bushwar Books lest-we-forget-24-august/ does not name him.
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "Regiment De la Rey" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.

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These people are not on the Roll of Honour. They are recorded here because of a family, service, or civilian connection.

  • Buckle, Heila Theresia — Wife
    Civilian · 24 August 1988 · age 25
    Died in a private motor vehicle accident in Virginia, from severe multiple injuries.
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