Identity
Person No.
29555
Service No.
85631315
Last Name
First Name
Dirk Jacobus
Initials
D J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Died in his sleep at his parents house in Pretoria, cause unknown. He was on long leave
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
101 Battalion 97
Formerly
35 Battalion
(1980)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Botma, of Pretoria.
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
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