Correspondence
Correspondence and SAWGP research notes
| # | Last Name | First Name | Initials | Rank | Regiment | Date of Death | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49901 | Fourie | Andre J | A J | Corporal | 1978-10-12 | Mike Sandham OMISSIONS: 12 OCTOBER, mailed 12 Oct 2026 | |
| 41554 | Fouche | Hermanus Johannes | H J | Staff Sergeant | 1961-08-23 | Mike Sandham 23 Aug 2026 omissions email: cross-referenced ROH vs SAWGP dates/units for this record, and separately flagged the shared Service No P/21084 with Joubert, Cornelius Johannes (PersonNumber 41537) — both already correctly recorded at two different Thaba Tshwane cemeteries. | |
| 49830 | Fisher | Jacobus Abraham Isaks | J A I | Rifleman | 6 South African Infantry Battalion | 1994-09-22 | Mike Sandham omissions 22 Sep 2026 (SAWGP) |
| 30254 | Erasmus | Andre Hercoll | A H | Lance Corporal | Cape Regiment | 1986-08-16 | OMISSIONS 16 Aug 2026: SAWGP unknown cause at Ruacana; Bush War Books KIA shrapnel stand-off. War in Angola: 1 SSB, Ruacana rocketed. |
| 49844 | Els | Raymond | R | Staff Sergeant | South African Corps of Signals (Corps) | 1978-09-28 | Sandham 28 Sep 2026 omissions email |
| 30150 | Du Preez | Ignatius Petrus | I P | Second Lieutenant | South West African Territory Force (Corps) | 1980-02-13 | Email 9 Sep 2026: Bushman Battalion label ? 31/201 Bn by dating rule |
| 49841 | Du Preez | Andries Lourens | A L | Sergeant | 8 South African Infantry Battalion | 1981-09-26 | Mike Sandham OMISSIONS 26 Sep 2026 |
| 30123 | Du Plessis | Barend Phillippus Hendrikis | B P H | Corporal | South African Air Force (Corps) | 1978-08-04 | Mike Sandham 2026-08-04: Unit retained as TS Training Centre (as recorded). Cleared wrong LG Sup 31 Jul 1945 Citation (Lt de Jongh WWII, unrelated). |
| 30090 | Dlamini | Sipho Thokozani | S T | Rifleman | 5 South African Infantry Battalion | 1999-09-17 | Mike Sandham omissions 17 Sep 2026 (SAWGP) |
| 49662 | Dixon | Danie | D | Skutter | South West African Territory Force (Corps) | 1985-03-07 | Email 9 Sep 2026: Unit filled by Mike Sandham 31/201 Bn dating rule (Needle) |
| 30079 | Diribi | Chekok | C | Corporal | South West African Territory Force (Corps) | 1981-08-23 | Mike Sandham 23 Aug 2026 omissions email: identified and corrected a data-entry error where this record had inherited Dippenaar, Cecil Rhodes's (PersonNumber 30078) Service No, age, and cause-of-death narrative. · Email 9 Sep 2026: Unit filled by Mike Sandham 31/201 Bn dating rule (Needle) |
| 30078 | Dippenaar | Cecil Rhodes | C R | Rifleman | 7 South African Infantry Battalion | 1984-04-17 | Mike Sandham 23 Aug 2026 omissions email: confirmed existing ROH record (name, SN, date, cause, age all match); noted an alternate "anti-personnel mine" detail and the resolved Diribi Service No cross-contamination. |
| 30076 | Dingombo | J | Private | South West African Territory Force (Corps) | 1980-07-05 | Email 9 Sep 2026: Bushman Battalion label ? 31/201 Bn by dating rule | |
| 30075 | Dindo | Bambo | B | Private | South West African Territory Force (Corps) | 1977-01-01 | Email 9 Sep 2026: Bushman Battalion label ? 31/201 Bn by dating rule |
| 49645 | Dickie | Clive Michael | C M | Private | South African Medical Corps | 1978-09-03 | Mike Sandham 3 Sep 2026 omissions (SAWGP #42592): 75549311BG Private Clive Michael Dickie, SAMS Training Centre / South African Medical Corps, died in private motorbike accident in Durban (off duty), 3 Sep 1978, age 19. DateBirth 1959-07-10. New ROH record. (SAWGP id 42592 is a different person in this ROH — Serathi — so a new PersonNumber was allocated.) |
| 30060 | Diaz | Augusto | A | Skutter | South West African Territory Force (Corps) | 1984-02-08 | Email 9 Sep 2026: Unit filled by Mike Sandham 31/201 Bn dating rule (Needle) |
| 30051 | Desenga | R | Private | South West African Territory Force (Corps) | 1978-03-25 | Email 9 Sep 2026: Bushman Battalion label ? 31/201 Bn by dating rule | |
| 30041 | Deacon | George Allan | G A | Lance Corporal | 2 Field Engineer Regiment | 1977-08-17 | Email 9 Sep 2026: Unit filled by Mike Sandham 31/201 Bn dating rule (Needle) |
| 41744 | De Villiers | Derrick Leon | D L | Staff Sergeant | South African Ordnance Services Corps (Corps) | 1991-09-28 | Sandham 28 Sep 2026 omissions email |
| 39755 | De Portugal | Orlando | O | Rifleman | 6 South African Infantry Battalion | 1985-03-09 | DUPLICATE of PersonNumber 30491 (Goncalves, Orlando De Portugal, 82532581BG, DateDeath 1985-09-03). Mike Sandham 3 Sep 2026 omissions: same Buffel accident Grahamstown; Sandham mistyped this duplicate as Person #39775. SN already cleared 25 Aug 2026 onto 30491. Record retained for audit — do not treat as a second casualty. |
| 29978 | De Jongh | Robert Edmund | R E | Captain | 4 Squadron | 1952-09-01 | Mike Sandham 3 Sep 2026 omissions: notes same mid-air collision as Lt C.M.D. Reitz (32659) Harvard #7120 / #7033 near Barberton; Reitz date conflict (attrition 1 Sep vs headstone/SAWGP 3 Sep) — this record already DateDeath 1952-09-01. |
| 49276 | De Beer | Pieter Jacobus | P J | Flight Sergeant | 1989-09-01 | Mike Sandham 1 Sep 2026 omissions (SAWGP): 73462293PE Flight Sergeant Pieter Jacobus de Beer, AFS Snake Valley, SAAF, private motorcycle accident on the bridge crossing the freeway near Snake Valley AFS, age 32. Confirms Graham 1 Sep 2026 (Graham: N1 bridge near Tek Base — same area). | |
| 49677 | David | Nao | N | Rifleman | 203 Battalion | 1981-09-13 | Mike Sandham OMISSIONS: 13 SEPTEMBER, mailed 13 Sep 2026 |
| 49660 | Davea | Shorty | S | Skutter | South West African Territory Force (Corps) | 1984-04-11 | Email 9 Sep 2026: Unit filled by Mike Sandham 31/201 Bn dating rule (Needle) |
| 49894 | Danster | Willem | W | Private | 1981-10-12 | Mike Sandham OMISSIONS: 12 OCTOBER, mailed 12 Oct 2026 | |
| 29904 | Dala | A | Private | South West African Territory Force (Corps) | 1981-04-11 | Email 9 Sep 2026: Bushman Battalion label ? 31/201 Bn by dating rule | |
| 29905 | Dala | A | South West African Territory Force (Corps) | 1982-01-01 | Email 9 Sep 2026: Bushman Battalion label ? 31/201 Bn by dating rule | ||
| 29914 | Dala | Joao | J | Rifleman | South West African Territory Force (Corps) | 1987-01-01 | Email 9 Sep 2026: Bushman Battalion label ? 31/201 Bn by dating rule |
| 29916 | Dala | L | Corporal | South West African Territory Force (Corps) | 1984-03-12 | Email 9 Sep 2026: Bushman Battalion label ? 31/201 Bn by dating rule | |
| 29917 | Dala | L | Rifleman | South West African Territory Force (Corps) | 1984-03-17 | Email 9 Sep 2026: Bushman Battalion label ? 31/201 Bn by dating rule | |
| 49879 | Cracknell | Christopher George Samuel | C G S | Private | South African Technical Services Corps | 1979-10-09 | Mike Sandham OMISSIONS: 09 OCTOBER, mailed 9 Oct 2026 |
| 29824 | Conga | Johannes | J | Rifleman | South West African Territory Force (Corps) | 1979-09-12 | Email 9 Sep 2026: Bushman Battalion label ? 31/201 Bn by dating rule |
| 29822 | Comoxoxo | K | Rifleman | 201 Battalion | 1982-06-10 | Email 9 Sep 2026: Contaminated? Comoxoxo 29822 - cleared Comay bleed | |
| 48610 | Combrink | Sybrand Lukas Jacobus | S L J | Corporal | South African Commandos | 1978-08-21 | Mike Sandham 21 Aug 2026 omissions: 67309245KT Cpl Sybrand Lukas Jacobus Combrink, Witbank Commando, diabetes (suspected), Witbank Hospital, age 26. SAWGP 40101. |
| 49818 | Clarkson | John Fred | J F | Sub-Lieutenant | SAS EAST LONDON | 2000-09-19 | Mike Sandham omissions 19 Sep 2026 (SAWGP) |
| 29747 | Citha | N A | Sergeant | Ciskei Defence Force | 1991-08-20 | OMISSIONS 20 Aug 2026: Sgt N A Citha, Ciskei Para Bn, Fish River drowning 20 Aug 1991. SN 05188099 and Cilliers AddInfo/FirstName Tom cleared. SANDF 1998 had 1991-01-01. | |
| 29742 | Chuca | Makanga | M | Private | South West African Territory Force (Corps) | 1977-01-01 | Email 9 Sep 2026: Bushman Battalion label ? 31/201 Bn by dating rule |
| 29730 | Chindumba | Dolole | D | Skutter | South West African Territory Force (Corps) | 1983-12-17 | Email 9 Sep 2026: Unit filled by Mike Sandham 31/201 Bn dating rule (Needle) |
| 29729 | Chimongaia | C | South West African Territory Force (Corps) | 1990-06-27 | Email 9 Sep 2026: Bushman Battalion label ? 31/201 Bn by dating rule | ||
| 29728 | Chilunku | T | Rifleman | South West African Territory Force (Corps) | 1986-01-13 | Email 9 Sep 2026: Bushman Battalion label ? 31/201 Bn by dating rule | |
| 29718 | Chamba | MALATO or MELATO | M | Private | South West African Territory Force (Corps) | 1981-08-15 | Email 9 Sep 2026: Bushman Battalion label ? 31/201 Bn by dating rule |
| 49642 | Calitz | Phillippus Rudolph | P R | Pioneer | South African European Auxiliary Services | 1964-09-02 | Mike Sandham 2 Sep 2026 omissions (SAWGP #42774): Pioneer Phillippus Rudolph Calitz, Auxiliary Services, SADF, died of cardiac failure at Voortrekkerhoogte Military Hospital, 2 Sep 1964, age 68. DateBirth 1895-11-12. Husband of Francina Petronella Calitz (nee Dauth), of 27 Air School, Bloemspruit, Bloemfontein; 11 children. New ROH record. (SAWGP id 42774 is a different person in this ROH — Coetzee — so a new PersonNumber was allocated.) |
| 48836 | Buckle | Derick | Captain | Regiment De la Rey | 1988-08-24 | Mike Sandham 24 Aug 2026 omissions: confirms Regiment De la Rey private MVA Virginia, age 26, with wife Heila Theresia Buckle (nee Greyling). | |
| 41578 | Brits | Gert Christoffel Petrus | G C P | Constable | Union Defence Forces | 1962-09-28 | Sandham 28 Sep 2026 omissions email |
| 49814 | Brits | Jacobus Abraham Francois | J A F | Sergeant | South African Personnel Services Corps | 1992-09-18 | Mike Sandham omissions 18 Sep 2026 (SAWGP) |
| 49671 | Botha | Hendrik Coenraad | H C | Pioneer | European Auxiliary Services | 1993-09-12 | Mike Sandham OMISSIONS: 12 SEPTEMBER, mailed 13 Sep 2026 |
| 49822 | Botha | Stephanus Johannes | S J | Corporal | Outjo Commando | 1981-09-20 | Mike Sandham omissions 20 Sep 2026 (SAWGP) |
| 34138 | Bosch | Jacobus Phillippus | J P | Sergeant | 1970-08-12 | Mike Sandham 2026-08-12 / SAWGP. First name corrected (was Johan Louis; initials J P). · Mike Sandham 14 Aug 2026: Bushwar Books and @thyphoidjack still list Sgt Johannes Petrus Bosch SAP drowned Rhodesia age 27. ROH retains SAWGP Jacobus Phillippus age 38 / Zambezi crocodile / 72 Dist. | |
| 49274 | Borchers | Rolf | R | Captain | 1983-09-01 | Mike Sandham 1 Sep 2026 omissions: No SAWGP. Capt Rolf Borchers (40) and Capt John Charles Matthews (23), 104 Air Commando Squadron — Bellanca Citabria wing failure from poor technical wing repair, plunged 900 m during Commando Pilot training at Baltimore airstrip. Source: OUD SOLDATE KLUB / Jaco Steenberg FB 1 Sep 2025 [https://www.facebook.com/groups/103050219739175/posts/24839393729011481/]. Confirms Graham 1 Sep 2026 record. | |
| 49674 | Booyens | Barry Stephanus | B S | Rifleman | South African Infantry Corps | 1985-09-12 | Mike Sandham OMISSIONS: 12 SEPTEMBER, mailed 13 Sep 2026 |