14 Oct 2026: New record. Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post, 14 Oct 2026: "79208468BG Private Christiaan Wouter Coenraad Pieterse from Air Force Base Swartkop was killed in a private motor vehicle accident on the Ben Schoeman Highway while on his way home to say goodbye to his parents as he was leaving for a Special Duty Tour in the Northern Operational Area on 20 October 1981. He was 18." Not in DB prior to this pass.
14 Oct 2026: SAWGP independently confirms this record in full: Private Christiaan Wouter Coenraad Pieterse, South African Air Force, AFB Swartkop, ServiceNo 79208468BG, died 14 Oct 1981, age 18. Cemetery unknown, no grave reference. Additional info: son of Mr G S Pieterse, of 26 Hamilton Street, Ventersburg, Orange Free State; his mother was deceased at the time.
15 Oct 2026: Re-confirmed by Mike Sandham OMISSIONS: 14 OCTOBER email (mailed 14 Oct 2026) -- all fields already matched exactly. SAWGP (southafricawargraves.org/search/details.php?id=42137) independently confirms in full and additionally gives next of kin: father, Mr. G. S. Pieterse, of 26 Hamilton St, Ventersburg, Orange Free State (mother deceased). No date of birth listed on SAWGP.
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Graham Last Post 14 Oct 2026
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Mike Sandham
Mike Sandham OMISSIONS: 14 OCTOBER, mailed 14 Oct 2026
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