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Identity
Person No.
29278
Old ROH no.
29
Service No.
77013688PE
Last Name
First Name
Terrence Moffat
Initials
T M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
56
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,625
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Musese in West Kavango
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sergeant
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,817
South African Defence Force
Location
Grave Reference
Unknown
Unit History
Role at time of death
Engineers (Construction)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Per John, 4 Sep 2026: 1 Construction Regiment is a Permanent Force (Regular) unit -- no Wikipedia source found for this one; confirmed directly.
Notes

Husband of N. Atkinson

Research notes


4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "1 Construction Regiment" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added -- database-wide sweep for SADF Border War operational-area deaths within the medal's gazetted window (25 Jun 1976 - 27 Apr 2003), per the warrant's died-before-qualifying-period provision. See PersonAward.Citation for the gazette references.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added earlier today REVERTED -- John obtained the actual Government Gazette (GG 5171/5575); the "died before completing the qualifying period" provision relied on does not exist in the primary text (it was a secondary-source claim). Actual Rule 5 requires (a) combat/enemy-caused incident, (b) a Ministerially-acknowledged operation (clasp), or (c) 55+ continuous/90+ non-continuous days in an operational area -- none of which this record's cause of death clearly demonstrates.
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: gives ServiceNo 770135688PE against this record's 77013688PE. The two numbers differ by only 1 digit(s), so one is a transcription slip -- but nothing here says which, and this record is not part of any shared-number run. Not resolved. Flagged, not changed.

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Dedications 1
by Gary Atkinson on 09 April 2011 · via source
Dad, I miss you lots, and wish you were still with us, your sacrifice will never be forgotten, your loving son, Gary, 2 SSB D.Squadron.