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No photograph available — remembrance poppy
Identity
Person No.
30491
Old ROH no.
510
Service No.
82532581BG
Last Name
Goncalves 2
First Name
Orlando De Portugal
Initials
O D P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1966 (±1 yr) 251
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
03 September 1985 189
Cause code
MVA 2,628
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,761
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Grahamstown, buffel accident
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
6 South African Infantry Battalion 65
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,346
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,825
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,866
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1,612
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
Unit History
Part of
Infantry Formation (SAAIF) — Air Assault Infantry — Regular
Notes

Son of Mr. M. M. Goncalves

Research notes

Mike Sandham 3 Sep 2026 omissions (SAWGP / War in Angola): 82532581BG Rfn Orlando De Portugal Goncalves, 6 SAI, Buffel accident Grahamstown, DateDeath 1985-09-03 confirmed. Duplicate sparse record PersonNumber 39755 (Orlando De Portugal, formerly same SN, DateDeath 1985-03-09) is the same person — Sandham mistyped that duplicate as #39775.
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 3 Sep 2026: confirmed, all details already matched exactly.
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".

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Dedications 1
on 20 September 2006 · via source
Rfn Aitkins (28) and Porto (510) were taken away from on the night when they went onto Raglin Road in Grahamstown for a static patrol. The buffel rolled. They were extremely well liked guys, always had a smile and I often used to go to Porto's father cafe on High Level Road Sea point everytime I returned from overseas. Long may their spirit be free and good luck guys, it was great to have shared a meal, bivvy, target practice or a samil to PE Airport. You were always on our minds, whenever we left the gates of 6 SAI, Grahamstown (Echo company - 1984 - 1986) John Airey