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Identity
Person No.
853
Service No.
28042
Last Name
Badenhorst 62
First Name
Andries Lodewikus Pretorius
Initials
A L P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1918 (±1 yr) 641
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
10 May 1942 160
Cause code
SEA 815
Lost at sea
Cause of Death
Lost at sea 567
Lost in H.M. Hospital Ship Ramb IV
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Army Postal Corps 14
Unit
1 Div. Postal Unit 1
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL 1,284
Grave Reference
Column 150. 3
Coordinates
30.83823, 28.94696 OSM
Memorial
Memorial for South African soldiers who died at El Alamein, 1942. Photo: Farawayman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_African_Memorial_El_Alamein.jpg)
Names on Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Memorial
El Alamein War Cemetery and Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Alamein Memorial (Missing)
On the panel
Column 150.
Notes

Son of Christoffel and Judith Badenhorst; husband of Sophia Badenhorst.

Research notes


4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "South African Army Postal Corps" (a branch, not a specific regiment) moved to Corps, per John's decision on the broader Regiment/Corps field-swap review.

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