Identity
Person No.
29867
Old ROH no.
265
Service No.
68448117BT
Last Name
First Name
Michael Graeme
Initials
M G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Warrant Officer Class II
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"A" Coy.
Defence Force
SADF 3,828
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Notes
Son of Mr. A. H. Craul, of Paarl
Research notes
Colyn Brookes, Mibisa: Volume One – Western Cape (Lulu, 2013, ISBN 9781447682523): Paarl, Parys Cemetery, Jan Van Riebeeck Road.
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "Regiment Algoa Bay" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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MIBISA Volume One – Western Cape
open source ↗
Paarl, Parys Cemetery, Jan Van Riebeeck Road
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
open source ↗
SADF.info Border RoH
- 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 125-128 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 2
Michael's dad "Doc" Craul was my mother's (Lynette Robertson) cousin. I was 12/13 at the time of Mike's death. My mother told me that Mike was killed by a gunshot when one of the guards on duty went "bossies". He spent a few days with my family during a vacation at Stilbaai. Although the contact we had with him was only occasional he made an impression on me as a child because he was so vibrant, fun, full of life. On occasion we had lunch with his parents at the Picardie Hotel in Paarl, a BIG treat for a kid! His parents were the owners (or managers I am not sure) of the hotel during that time. Yvette Naude (Cronje)
WO11 M.G. Craul died in a shooting incident at Ondangwa on 14 November 1976. Information extracted from www.moth.org.za Peter
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