Son of Johannes Strauss du Plessis and Madefeel Rosina Barnard. Stepson of Mr. P. S. Barnard
SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1978 SAA (Castle–Havenga, Mennigke–Wolfgang)". 1978 Army. Left column. 21st name from the top (Du Plessis M.H.).
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 5 Sep 2026: confirmed (spells first name "Michael"; ROH has "Michiel" -- not changed, not necessarily wrong). Adds that he was "grievously burned and suffered smoke inhalation" and succumbed "later in the day" -- consistent with, and more detailed than, the existing record.
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".
- 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 17-18 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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