Identity
Person No.
29896
Old ROH no.
273
Service No.
76539691BG
Last Name
First Name
Anthony Raul
Initials
A R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SHOT 546
Shot
Cause of Death
Died in Shooting Incident at Services School, Pretoria. He was shot by another soldier who was cleaning his private firearm when a shot went off that hit him in the head, killing him instantly
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
Unit
Defence Force
SADF 3,832
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
1979 Army. Left column. 23rd name from the top (Da Costa Miranda A.R.)
Notes
Son of Mr. R. Da Costa Miranda, of Johannesburg.
Research notes
SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1978 SAA (Hitchens–Human, Wolmarans) to 1979 SAA (Akaando–Djolomien, Maarman–Saal)". 1979 Army. Left column. 23rd name from the top (Da Costa Miranda A.R.).
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".
Citations
Unknown
External References
- 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.
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