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No photograph available — remembrance poppy
Identity
Person No.
30248
Old ROH no.
431
Service No.
77633956BG
Last Name
Engeldoe 1
First Name
Gregory James
Initials
G J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1960 (±1 yr) 421
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
16 September 1978 111
Cause code
MVA 2,660
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,764
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, when his Buffel Troop Carrier overturned in Northern Owamboland
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
SA Cape Corps 25
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,879
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1,612
Memorial
1978 SAA (Castle–Havenga, Mennigke–Wolfgang)
Names on 1978 SAA Castle-Wolfgang
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
1978 SAA Castle-Wolfgang
On the panel
1978 Army. Left column. 26th name from the top (Engeldoe G.J.)
Notes

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Research notes

SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1978 SAA (Castle–Havenga, Mennigke–Wolfgang)". 1978 Army. Left column. 26th name from the top (Engeldoe G.J.).
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 16 Sep 2026: 77633956BG Rifleman Gregory James Engledoe, South African Cape Corps, killed when his Buffel Troop Carrier overturned in Northern Owamboland, age 18. CauseDeath enriched with Buffel/location detail. SN/date/age already matched. Spelling note: Graham "Engledoe", stored "Engeldoe" -- left as stored.
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
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External References
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by Graham Du Toit on 16 September 2014 · via source
16 Sep 1978: 77633956BG Rifleman Gregory James Engeldoe from the South African Cape Corps was killed when his Buffel Troop Carrier overturned in Northern Owamboland. He was 18.
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