In Memory Of

VAN JAARSVELD, TIAN

Service Details
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 80400344BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
Unit:
 8 South African Infantry Battalion
Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1983-10-17
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received accidentally, at Okalongo.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Alternative Commemoration until grave found
Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
The platoon that Van Jaarsveld was a member of were busy checking their kit just outside the base as they were heading out on a patrol. An RPG 7 rocket carried by another soldier misfired and hit Van Jaarsveld. He did not die immediately. He was flown to the RSA and died a few days later.