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Identity
Person No.
30962
Old ROH no.
486
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Kalonga 1
First Name
Oliver
Initials
K
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1967 (±1 yr) 289
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
01 January 1985 263
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Unknown
Unknown cause of death
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Airman
Regiment
32 (Buffalo) Battalion 275
Later renamed 32 Battalion
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
Notes

Son of Mr. T. L. C. and Mrs. J. L. Kallman, of Hayhurst Place, Woodlands, Durban. Born in Springs. Attended Glenwood Boys High School in Durban. He joined the Permanent Force as a Trainee Aviation Instrument Technician at the School for Logistical Training, TEK Base, Pretoria.

Research notes

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026 (year-prefix method): ServiceNo 87491155PE cleared -- per the documented SA force-number convention (data/SA_SERVICE_NUMBER_NOTES.md), the prefix '87' implies registration circa 1987 (usually age 16), i.e. birth circa 1971. This record's own Age/DateDeath implies birth circa 1967, a mismatch; PersonNumber 30961 (Kallman, implied birth circa 1972) fits instead. Original value: "87491155PE".
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
Stories 2
on 17 August 2026 · via source
Kalonga (multiple schrapnel wounds to head and torso) Rifleman J.C. <a title="Rifleman J.C. Chihamba" href="main.php?page=
on 17 August 2026 · via source
On 11 February 1985, a patrol from 32 Battalion's Charlie Company were in the vicinity of the Bale River, when their over-eager company commander took a short cut, against earlier advice from headquarters, and blundered straight into a well-prepared SWAPO base, manned by some 100 insurgents. In the 25 minute battle that ensued, Charlie Company suffered heavy casualties. In all, 12 men from Charlie Company were killed in this action or died of their wounds soon afterwards, and many more were wounded. The seven fatalities in the inital contact were: Lieutenant Dave <a title="Lieutenant Dave Light" href="main.php?page=
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