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Identity
Person No.
29593
Old ROH no.
152
Service No.
79350286BG
Last Name
Briggs 4
First Name
Reginald Patrick
Initials
R P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1964 (±1 yr) 296
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
27 April 1984 119
Cause code
MVA 2,625
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,758
Died in Military Vehicle Accident on the Ondangwa-Oshivello road. The Buffel he was travelling in was struck by a civilian vehicle and rolled. He was taken to Ondangwa for treatment, during which he died from internal bleeding
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South West African Territory Force 374
Unit
1 SWA Specialist Unit 21
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,815
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,847
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Cremated 18
Memorial
Memorial
SADF Wall of Remembrance
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Voortrekker Monument, Eeufees Road, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa
Coordinates
-25.77639, 28.17583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Part of
SWATF (1977–1989) — Special Forces
Notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Briggs, of Paarl.

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 27 Apr 2026: 79350286BG Corporal Reginald Patrick Briggs, 1 SWA SPES Unit SWATF, critically injured when his Buffel collided with a civilian vehicle on the Ondangwa-Oshivello road and overturned; died at Ondangwa hospital from severe internal injuries and bleeding, age 20. ROH unit is 1st SWA Specialist Unit.
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.

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