Identity
Person No.
30182
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Teofora
Initials
T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
37
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, during a 5 Recce Regt pseudo mission as part of Operation Slyk.As per General Francisco Pereira Furtado, ex Chief of Staff, Angolan Armed Forces: "From consultations with former members of the 19 FAPLA Infantry Brigade in Mulondo, on the evening of 20/21 October 1983 with a reconnaissance group about 5 kilometres south of the defence position of Brigade, They confirm that when the presence of the reconnaissance group was discovered on the ground, the 19 Brigade artillery fired in the same area, followed by the advance of 3 T-55 tanks that probably caused the death or dispersal of the SADF military and the abandonment of their bodies on the ground. It is noteworthy that Mulondo is located in the Bicuar reserve with ferocious animals among lions, leopards, hyenas and other felines." From this it appears that the four soldiers may have died an honourable soldier's death in facing a superior force of the enemy, which included artillery and tanks. All four seems to have been killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
5 Reconnaissance Regiment 72
Later renamed
5 Special Forces Regiment
(1995)
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,823
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
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Special Forces (reconnaissance)
Status
Regular Force
Each numbered Reconnaissance unit was renamed over time: "X Reconnaissance Commando" -> "X Reconnaissance Regiment" (1981) -> briefly a Parachute Battalion designation (1992/93, under "45 Parachute Brigade", a Special-Forces-only designation distinct from the real 44 Parachute Brigade) -> "X Special Forces Regiment" (1995). The parent formation itself changed name several times before 1995 (Special Forces Headquarters, then Directorate Reconnaissance(Forces)) with disputed exact dates between sources -- 1995 is the one date sources agree on. Corps classified as SAIC (South African Infantry Corps) per this site's own records; no independent source found confirms that for Special Forces units specifically -- treat as owner-asserted pending a better citation.
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
***D Dala on SADF memorial
Research notes
Cleared stolen ServiceNo 80024094PE (belongs to Dube J.T. PN 30179, 5 Recce, 1993-08-18).
SASFA In Memoriam (operators): confirmed Special Forces operator. SASFA: Dulla Teofora KIA/MIA 1983. https://www.recce.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/4.1.-Memoriam.pdf 26 Aug 2026: Unit was leftover "United Nations Monuc Mission". SAWGP Regiment 5 Reconnaissance Regiment with no separate unit.
Citations
Unknown
External References
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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Unit veterans association
open source ↗
SASFA In Memoriam: Dulla Teofora KIA/MIA 1983 — confirmed Special Forces operator
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