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No photograph available — remembrance poppy
Identity
Person No.
31442
Old ROH no.
35649
Service No.
79687208CK
Last Name
Maarman 1
First Name
Abraham Jacobus
Initials
A J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1961 (±1 yr) 382
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
12 November 1979 135
Cause code
DROW 1,206
Drowned
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident 255
Died in Freak Accident, drowned, at Mpalela
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
South African Infantry Corps 0
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
SA Cape Corps 25
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
Body not recovered 79
Memorial
1978 SAA (Hitchens–Human, Wolmarans) to 1979 SAA (Akaando–Djolomien, Maarman–Saal)
Names on 1978-1979 SAA Hitchens-Saal
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
1978-1979 SAA Hitchens-Saal
On the panel
1979 Army. Right column. 1st name from the top (Maarman). Wall initials A.J.; ROH F.N.U. — not overwritten
Notes

Son of Mrs. A. J. Maarman. Missing and declared dead 13 May 1982

Research notes

SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1978 SAA (Hitchens–Human, Wolmarans) to 1979 SAA (Akaando–Djolomien, Maarman–Saal)". 1979 Army. Right column. 1st name from the top (Maarman). Wall initials A.J.; ROH F.N.U. — not overwritten.
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".
14 Oct 2026: FirstName "First Name Unknown" cleared -- a literal placeholder string, not a real name, treated as blank per John's instruction extending the Khaile (31046) fix. Initials cleared too, having been equally corrupted to the placeholder "F N U".
14 Oct 2026: SAWGP gives this man's real given name, Abraham Jacobus (Initials A J) -- filled in now that the junk placeholder is cleared. Regiment filled to "South African Infantry Corps" (was blank), per SAWGP; Unit "SA Cape Corps" already matched.

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External References
Stories 1
by A Griffiths on 21 July 2006 · via source
Salmon van As was tried by the British Military Court for killing Captain Ronald Miers on the 29 Sept 1901. He was found guilty of murder and sentenced to be executed on the 23 June 1902. The firing squad consisted of 10 men of the Somersets. Van As refused to be blindfolded. There was no proper burial. A fellow Boer later planted a thorn tree on the grave. A few years after the war Van As's father received a letter from the British government, in which the acknowledged that his son, Salmon van As, did not receive a fair trial and that the sentence was wrong. The family were entitled to a claim of compensation - which the father declined to enter. The so-called witnesses were not even present when Captain Miers was killed and Van As had to represent himself. You will find Veldkornets van As's grave at the Heidelberg Kloof cemetary.
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