Identity
Person No.
32388
Service No.
P/8523
Last Name
First Name
Esaias Johannes
Initials
E J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
49
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, at 1 Military Hospital, burn wounds received in a fire at the workshops, at Potchefstroom
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Air Sergeant
Regiment
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Reportedly buried in Potchefstroom. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Research notes
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Air Force". Across the roll 787 records carried such a contradiction; judged against Corps and Regiment -- independent of both columns -- the evidence backed Branch 744 times and Unit2 not once. Branch is therefore kept and the contradicting word removed. Nothing is guessed: this man's branch of service is already recorded, and his sub-unit, if any, is simply not known.
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), page 15 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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