Identity
Person No.
29451
Service No.
96685409
Last Name
First Name
Edwin Chaplan
Initials
G S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Died at Empangeni from gunshot wounds inflicted by unknown parties while AWOL
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SANDF 1,020
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (Mechanised)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Listed under South African Army Infantry (Mechanised) (Regular) in the SA Army Units navbox.
Notes
Ref SANDF 1998 RoH
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "SA Army" cleared -- that's the service branch (Army, as distinct from Navy/Air Force), not a specific regiment; the actual unit ("1 South African Infantry Battalion") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is.
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