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Identity
Person No.
30571
Old ROH no.
540
Service No.
83744946HG
Last Name
Gumede 24
First Name
Muziwakhe Douglas
Initials
M D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1966 (±1 yr) 250
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
26 September 1985 123
Cause code
MVA 2,631
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,764
Died in Military Vehicle Accident
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
121 South African Infantry Battalion 65
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,828
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
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) — Motorised Infantry — Regular
Notes

Son of Mrs. M. G. Zoeloe

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 26 Sep 2025: 83744946HG Rifleman Muziwakhe Douglas Gumede, 121 Battalion, killed in a military vehicle accident, age 19. | Also Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 26 Sep 2023 (same anniversary names).
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".
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 26 Sep 2026: "83744946HG Rifleman Muziwakhe Douglas Gumede from 121 Battalion was killed in a military vehicle accident. He was 19." Confirms the record exactly.

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