Identity
Person No.
29910
Old ROH no.
2041
Service No.
81533572SP
Last Name
First Name
Funa
Initials
F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received in landmine explosion on the road between Ongiva and Chiede, on 14 December 1981
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
32 (Buffalo) Battalion 275
Later renamed
32 Battalion
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,823
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Within the Voortrekker Monument heritage precinct, Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
No. 77
Awards
South Africa
Pro Patria Medal warrant, Government Gazette No. 5171 (25 Jun 1976), Rule 5, as amended by GG No. 5575 (3 Jun 1977); discontinued by GG No. 25213 (25 Jul 2003, Schedule corrected by GG No. 26778, 17 Sep 2004) for service on/after 27 Apr 2003. Gazette extracts: https://rohsa.co.za/award.php?id=24
Notes
ref "Die Buffel Struikel" by LJ Bothma
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 25 Dec 2017: 81533572SP Rifleman Funa Dala, 32 Battalion, Died of Wounds in hospital on 25 December 1981 after being critically wounded in a landmine explosion on the road between Ongiva and Chiede in Southern Angola on 14 December 1981, age 28. ROH cause already matched (Die Buffel Struikel).
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 25 Dec 2017: 81533572SP Rifleman Funa Dala from 32 Battalion Died of Wounds in Hospital on 25 December 1981. He was critically wounded in a landmine explosion on the road between Ongiva and Chiede in Southern Angola on 14 December 1981. He was 28.
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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 46-47 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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