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Identity
Person No.
30573
Old ROH no.
35223
Service No.
97083208PV
Last Name
Gumede 24
First Name
Simanga Mafunda
Initials
S M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1973 (±1 yr) 207
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
27 September 1998 130
Cause code
MVA 2,632
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,765
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at 3 Military Hospital, Ratel rolled during operation
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
1 South African Infantry Battalion 111
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SANDF 1,025
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,873
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
Operation Boleas Virtual Memorial
Location
Maseru, Lesotho
Address
Maseru, Lesotho
Coordinates
-29.31, 27.48 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
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
Operation
Operation
Operation Boleas
Dates
1998-09
About
SANDF intervention in Lesotho, September 1998, to restore order after a disputed election and mutiny; involved combat against elements of the Lesotho Defence Force in Maseru.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (Mechanised)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Infantry Formation (SAAIF) — Mechanised Infantry — Regular
Listed under South African Army Infantry (Mechanised) (Regular) in the SA Army Units navbox.
Notes

Son of Mrs. T. M. Gumede

Research notes


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 27 Sep 2026: "97083208PV Rifleman Simanga Mafunda Gumede from 1 SAI was critically injured when the Ratel in which he was traveling in overturned during a training exercise. He was rushed to 3 military Hospital where he unfortunately succumbed to his injuries shortly after admission. He was 25." Confirms the record and adds that it was a training exercise and that he died after being rushed to hospital, which this record's bare "Ratel rolled during..." did not say.

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