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Identity
Person No.
32098
Old ROH no.
1011
Service No.
73288854PE
Last Name
Muller 71
First Name
David Michael
Initials
D M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1957 (±1 yr) 434
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
26 July 1979 121
Cause code
MVA 2,660
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died from injuries sustained in a military vehicle accident on the 23 Jul 1
Died from injuries sustained in a military vehicle accident on the 23 Jul, when the landrover he was in, overturned approx 8 km from Jozini, KZN
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Armoured Corps 438
Unit
2 Special Service Battalion 51
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,879
Locality
Free State 737
Cemetery
BLOEMFONTEIN (IN MEMORIAM) CEMETERY 78
Grave Reference
Kremblok, Grave 848 1
Coordinates
-29.14566, 26.20732 OSM
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. 10th name from the top (Muller D.M.)
Unit History
Role at time of death
Armour (Armoured Car)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Other listed units (not nested under a brigade above) › Units
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. J. P. Muller, of Bloemfontein

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 26 Jul 2024: 73288854PE Corporal David Michael Muller, 2 Special Service Battalion, died from injuries in a Landrover that overturned approximately 8 km from Jozini on 23 July 1979, age 22.
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. 10th name from the top (Muller D.M.).
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".
8 Oct 2026: Confirmed by John's compiled list of verified 2 SSB vehicle-related deaths, 8 Oct 2026. Matches this record exactly.
8 Oct 2026: POSSIBLE CONFLICT, NOT CHANGED, pending identification. A Facebook comment on the 2 SSB vehicle-deaths post says "Cpl Muller was a bike accident on a Saturday (off duty)" -- could refer to this record or to Pierre Johan Muller (32105); John was unsure which when asked. This record (David Michael Muller) is stored as a Land Rover rollover near Jozini, with no duty status recorded. Not changed; flagged pending confirmation of which Muller the comment means.

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