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Photo of Biet
Identity
Person No.
29442
Old ROH no.
91
Service No.
83410597BG
Last Name
Biet 1
First Name
Sean Rene
Initials
S R
Date of Birth
01 March 1967 116
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
16 October 1987 168
Cause code
MVA 2,660
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,764
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Mariental, Buffel rolled while trying to avoid colliding with a delivery truck, resulting in him being crushed underneath
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Gunner
Regiment
4 Artillery Regiment 21
Corps
South African Artillery 719
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,879
Locality
Western Cape 2,137
Cemetery
CAPE TOWN (DURBANVILLE) CEMETERY 8
Grave Reference
Panel 13 1
Memorial
Memorial
National Gunners' Memorial, Potchefstroom
Location
Potchefstroom, North West province, South Africa
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Artillery (Composite Regiment, Potchefstroom)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Artillery Formation — Regular
"4 Artillery Regiment (Composite Regiment) (Potchefstroom)" listed under the SA Army Artillery Formation's regular units. Exact formation date not given in the source.
Notes

Son of Mrs. M. R. Biet

Research notes

Colyn Brookes, Mibisa: Volume One – Western Cape (Lulu, 2013, ISBN 9781447682523): Cape Town, Durbanville Cemetery, Durban, Hero's Acre Died.
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "4 Artillery Regiment" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged. | Gunners Association RoH lists them (South African Border War 1987 Gunner S.R. Biet) - https://www.gunners.org.za/home-2/roll-of-honour/
National Gunners' Memorial, Potchefstroom (photograph supplied by John, 16 Sep 2026): inscribed as "GNR S.R. BIET" -- rank, initials and surname all match this record exactly.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".
16 Oct 2026: SERVICE NUMBER CONFLICT, NOT CHANGED. Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post, 16 Oct 2026, gives "82410597BG" (a one-digit transposition against this record's stored "83410597BG"). SAWGP (southafricawargraves.org/search/details.php?id=29442) independently confirms this record's existing "83410597BG" -- Graham's figure treated as a transcription slip, not applied.

Citations

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External References
Stories 1
on 21 January 2010 · via source
Mariental - Military vehicle accident John Dovey
Dedications 2
by Brian Panicco on 05 April 2008 · via source
I remember Biet, I was in second phase training with him in 4 Locating Battery at 10 Artillery Brigade Potchefstroom. He was a driver and from what i remember hearing, he he was killed in a buffel accident on the border.
on 26 February 2010 · via source
I went to the same high school as Sean, we played rugby together. He was always a good genuine bloke and well liked. We remember you Dr Biet Richard McCaffery