Identity
Person No.
5351
Service No.
38903
Last Name
First Name
Pieter Adolf
Initials
P A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,627
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, near Piet Retief, while on duty. He had been detailed to proceed to Piet Retief for picquet duty and was killed on his return
Military Service
Location
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Locality
Cemetery
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Mechanised Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
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
Son of Johannes D. and Petronella J. de la Rey, of Klerksdorp; husband of M. de la Rey, of 11 Barend Street, Klerksdorp. Born in Klerksdorp. A painter.
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