Identity
Person No.
30002
Old ROH no.
318
Service No.
81031940BG
Last Name
First Name
Jan Hendrik
Initials
J H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
17
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SHOT 548
Shot
Cause of Death
Died in Shooting Incident, at Zeerust. He was accidentally shot by another soldier while standing guard duty. When the soldier placed the magazine on his rifle, a shot went off, hitting de Lange in the chest
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Unit History
Role at time of death
Armour (Armoured Car)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Re-established 1 October 1973 out of C Squadron 1 SSB, itself formed as C Squadron of 2 Armoured Car Regiment in February 1962 and renamed 22 December 1966. Regimental HQ and C Squadron at Zeerust; D Squadron detached to 2 SAI at Walvis Bay. Squadrons served in Namibia and Angola from 1974: B, C and D Squadrons on Operation Savannah, 8 October 1975 to 31 January 1976, and later Operations Protea, Daisy, Hooper and Modular. On 25 January 1988 it became the first unit in South Africa granted the Right of Free Admission to a coloured community, Henryville. Most of the men on this roll who point at 2 SSB belong to this period. Also took part in Operation Adding on 10 February 1988, the intervention restoring the Bophuthatswana government after the coup attempt against President Mangope. Equipped with the Ratel IFV and, from May 1990, the Rooikat; received national colours 30 June 1990.
Notes
Son of Mr. P. P. de Lange, of Kriel.
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
- 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.
Stories 1
If anyone knows my brother send me a E-Mail Willem de lange
Dedications 1
Jan Hendrik was born in Verening tranvaal 1965.12.28. He serve his country in 2SDB Zeerust 1983. He die on base camp due to negligence of a collague on 1983.06.20 Willem De Lange