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Identity
Person No.
30079
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Diribi 1
First Name
Chekok
Initials
C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1962 (±1 yr) 351
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
23 August 1981 133
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Most probably killed in action, as his name is listed on the 31/201 Bn Commemorative Needle
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South West African Territory Force 374
Unit
201 Battalion 36
Formerly 31 Battalion (1980)
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,817
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,851
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Likely buried in Namibia - Alternative Commemoration until grave found 2
Memorial
Photo: "Battle Group Alpha, 31 & 201 Battalion Commemorative Needle 03.jpg" -- Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_Group_Alpha,_31_%26_201_Battalion_Commemorative_Needle_03.jpg
Memorial
Battle Group Alpha, 31 & 201 Battalion Commemorative Needle
Location
Location not recorded
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
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
Awards
Pro Patria Medal
Pro Patria Medal
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

On 31/201 Bn Memorial Needle

Research notes

CORRECTED 2026-08-23: previous CauseDeath/ActualCause/Age/ServiceNo (81245854BG, age 19, "Accidentally killed... at Nehone") were a verbatim copy of Dippenaar, Cecil Rhodes's distinct 1984-04-17 incident (PersonNumber 30078) â€" an evident data-entry error, since Diribi's own date is 1981-08-23, three years earlier. Corrected per Mike Sandham's 23 Aug 2026 omissions email, citing the warinangola.com 31/201 Bn Commemorative Needle Member Dedication page: http://www.warinangola.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1596&Parameter=3148

10 Sep 2026: Unit set to 201 Battalion per Mike Sandham naming rule (DoD in 1 Aug 1980-pre 1 Jun 1989). Ambiguous Regiment '31 or 201 Battalion' cleared. Needle memorial.

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