ref. "The Covert War" by Peter Stiff
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 03 Mar 2024: Special Constable Sam Iyambo, SWA Police Counter-Insurgency Wing Ops-K (Koevoet), Killed in Action during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN Insurgents in Northern Owamboland, age 26. Graham gave no service number. Only Iyambo on this date/unit is Freddy (S) PN 30794 — FirstName Freddy left (initials S fit Sam). Age 22 → 26 (1976-prefix SN; age 22 in 1983 is young for a 76 number). Cause filled SWAPO/PLAN Northern Owamboland. SN 76695709KK also sat on Istain F. PN 30793 and Iyango F. PN 30795 — cleared from those two; left here. DATE DISCREPANCY 25 Aug 2026: pantser.cmvo.org.za's SADF deaths PDF gives this person's Sterf (date of death) as "08 05 78" (DD MM YY) against the same ServiceNo (76695709KK) and name -- differs from this record's DateDeath (1983-03-03). Not overwritten, flagged for reference.
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: filled Corps -- each of these was EMPTY on this record and no existing value was changed. Derived fields recomputed inline where applicable.
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: dates of death differ -- Mike 1978-05-08 this record 1983-03-03. A gap of a few days commonly separates wounding from death, or a burial date from a death date. Flagged, not changed.
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: gives Age 22 against this record's 26. This record has no date of birth, so there is nothing to adjudicate with. Flagged, not changed.
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 03 Mar 2024: Special Constable Sam Iyambo, SWA Police Counter-Insurgency Wing Ops-K (Koevoet), Killed in Action during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN Insurgents in Northern Owamboland, age 26. Graham gave no service number. Only Iyambo on this date/unit is Freddy (S) PN 30794 — FirstName Freddy left (initials S fit Sam). Age 22 → 26 (1976-prefix SN; age 22 in 1983 is young for a 76 number). Cause filled SWAPO/PLAN Northern Owamboland. SN 76695709KK also sat on Istain F. PN 30793 and Iyango F. PN 30795 — cleared from those two; left here.
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Koevoet Wall of Remembrance
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Koevoet Wall of Remembrance
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Lys van Weermaglede wat aan diens gesterf het (SADF deaths, pantser.cmvo.org.za)
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SADF deaths PDF cross-check, 25 Aug 2026 -- date discrepancy noted
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
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War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), pages 50-53 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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