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Identity
Person No.
31156
Old ROH no.
740
Service No.
79474862BG
Last Name
First Name
Werner Eugene
Initials
W E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,660
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Potgietersrus
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes

Husband of Mrs. R. Kriel

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 11 Oct 2024: 79474862BG Private Werner Eugene Kriel, SAMS attached to No.1 Military Hospital, killed in a military vehicle accident at Potgietersrus, age 20. ROH unit was 2 Signals Regiment (regiment 1 Military Town Management).
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".
11 Oct 2026: REGIMENT CONFLICT, NOT CHANGED: stored Regiment "1 Military Town Management"; Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post, 11 Oct 2026, instead names "the South African Medical Corps" (attached to "No.1 Military Hospital", which matches this record's own Unit exactly). No contamination signature found in the surrounding Kriel/Krijger/Krog block (31151-31160, all distinct regiments). Flagged for review. Service number, date and age already matched.

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