Identity
Person No.
29523
Old ROH no.
128
Service No.
85519940BG
Last Name
First Name
Martin Johannes
Initials
M J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SHOT 548
Shot
Cause of Death
Died of injuries, received in a shooting incident. He was standing guard at the Selelekela High School on Orlando, Soweto. A rifle was dropped and a shot went off, hitting him in the head. He was first taken to Baragwanath Hospital but then airlifted to 1 Mil Hospital where he died
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Notes
Son of Mr. H. S. Botes, of Vanderbijlpark.
Research notes
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".
Citations
Unknown
External References
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
open source ↗
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), pages 129-131 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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