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Identity
Person No.
32668
Old ROH no.
1203
Service No.
88073218CK
Last Name
Rex 5
First Name
John
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1968 (±1 yr) 309
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
13 October 1988 214
Cause code
ACC 1,595
Accident
Cause of Death
Died of injuries 578
Died of injuries, while moving through the Rooiberg Training Area, near Vredendal, Cape Province, on a training patrol, he stepped on an unexploded 40 mm rifle grenade
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
2 SA Cape Corps 19
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
Notes

Son of Mrs. Johana Freida Sass, c/o Department of Water Affairs, 6 Bankhoek Street, Grabouw, Cape Province. His father was deceased.

Research notes


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".
13 Oct 2026: Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post, 13 Oct 2026, names the device specifically as a 40mm "Snotneus" High Explosive Grenade, lying in the veld and detonating the moment it was disturbed, killing him instantly. Service number, unit, date, age and cause already matched.

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