Identity
Person No.
29459
Old ROH no.
99
Service No.
89959043CK
Last Name
First Name
Michael Paul
Initials
M P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SHOT 546
Shot
Cause of Death
Died in Shooting Incident, at Queenstown, shot by fellow member, who then shot himself
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,821
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Part of
SADF Commando System
category
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. N. Blankenberg
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Mike Sandham
Mike Sandham: second Group 39 H.Q. casualty in same shooting incident remains unnamed (unable to determine name).
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), pages 132-133 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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Unknown
— Same incident
Associated · 01 August 1992Died in the same shooting incident at Group 39 HQ, Queenstown, in which Cpl Michael Paul Blankenberg was shot by a fellow member who then shot himself.
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