Identity
Person No.
29592
Old ROH no.
2080
Service No.
69324135PE
Last Name
First Name
Carel Arnold
Initials
C A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,595
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident, at training base Miershoop, just south of Okatope, electrocuted. He was administered first aid immediately, but he died of his injuries
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Major
Regiment
101 Battalion 97
Formerly
35 Battalion
(1980)
Unit
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Notes
Husband of Mrs. V. Briers, of Johannesburg.
Research notes
7 Sep 2026: Regiment/Unit fields were combined ("101 Battalion, Romeo Mike Team"); split so Regiment holds only the battalion and Unit holds the Reaksie Mag reaction-force team, per John's request.
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
-
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), page 19 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 1
Major Briers was my Company Commander at 101 Bn in the old SWATF. He was a wonderful commander and as I remember it one of the youngest Majors in the Army at that stage. One of my fondest memories is driving his brand new Alfa 33 all the way from Pretoria to Ondangwa as he wanted his personal vehicle in Ondangwa like many of the PF officers in those days. Sadly his death was not in action like many in the war. He was electrocuted at our training base, Miershoop, just south of Okatope in 1981. We have just finished our preperation to go into ops and a couple of us were playing touch rugby on the parade ground. The next moment somebody came to call us to say that the Major had been electrocuted. We had a medical doctor on the base and although he administered first aid immediately it was all in vain. 2Lt Martin Erasmus 76347103BG Martin Erasmus
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