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Identity
Person No.
30349
Old ROH no.
465
Service No.
05251996PE
Last Name
Fouche 34
First Name
Johannes Jacobus
Initials
J J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1941 (±1 yr) 113
Age at Death
49
Death Record
Date of Death
16 April 1990 145
Cause code
MVA 2,660
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,764
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at P W Botha Training Terrain
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Warrant Officer Class I
Regiment
2 Signals Regiment 16
Later renamed 2 Signal Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,879
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1,612
Memorial
Memorial
SADF Wall of Remembrance
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Voortrekker Monument, Eeufees Road, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa
Coordinates
-25.77639, 28.17583 · OpenStreetMap
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
Signals
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
South African Corps of Signals established 1923; 2 Signal Regiment listed under "Regular" (alongside 1, 3, 4, 5 Signal Regt), with 6 Signal Regt as the Reserve unit. Exact formation date for 2 Signal Regiment itself not given in the source.
Notes

Husband of Mrs. E. Fouche

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 16 Apr 2026: 05251996PE Warrant Officer Class I Johannes Jacobus Fouche, South African Army, killed in a military vehicle accident at the P W Botha Training Area, age 49. ROH DateDeath is 1990-04-16; unit is 2 Signals Regiment (not overwritten).
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "SA Army" cleared -- that's the service branch (Army, as distinct from Navy/Air Force), not a specific regiment; the actual unit ("2 Signals Regiment") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is.
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".

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