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Identity
Person No.
29760
Old ROH no.
218
Service No.
78417383BG
Last Name
Clark 51
First Name
Glen Scott Maitland
Initials
G S M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1963 (±1 yr) 330
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
27 April 1984 119
Cause code
DIS 6,077
Died of disease
Cause of Death
Died of malaria 861
Died of malaria, at Rundu Sick Bay
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
5 South African Infantry Battalion 98
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,343
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
202 Battalion
Defence Force
SADF 3,821
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,859
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1,612
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
Infantry Formation (SAAIF) — Motorised Infantry — Regular
Notes

Son of Mrs. J. M. Grosset, of Johannesburg.

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 27 Apr 2026: 78417383BG Rifleman Glen Scott Maitland Clark, 5 SAI, contracted malaria while on operations in South Eastern Angola and died at Rundu Sickbay, age 21.
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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