ref. "The Covert War" by Peter Stiff
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 12 Jun 2024: Special Constable K Kambirua, 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 first name beyond K and no service number. ROH FirstName Muido left. Graham age 26; ROH 22 left (1981-prefix SN). Cause filled SWAPO/PLAN Northern Owamboland. SN 81730521SW also sat on Kamaho E.K. PN 30963 and Kambinda PN 30964/30965 — cleared from those three; left here. DATE DISCREPANCY 25 Aug 2026: pantser.cmvo.org.za's SADF deaths PDF gives this person's Sterf (date of death) as "23 04 84" (DD MM YY) against the same ServiceNo (81730521SW) and name -- differs from this record's DateDeath (1983-06-12). Not overwritten, flagged for reference.
5 Sep 2026, FirstName-contamination revisit (folding into the 31 Aug 2026 scan): Graham du Toit's own 12 Jun 2024 citation already names him "K Kambirua", giving "no first name beyond K" -- matching stored Initials "K" exactly. Cleared rather than guessed -- correct first name still unknown.
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 1984-04-23 this record 1983-06-12. 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 26 against this record's 22. 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 12 Jun 2024: Special Constable K Kambirua, 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 first name beyond K and no service number. ROH FirstName Muido left. Graham age 26; ROH 22 left (1981-prefix SN). Cause filled SWAPO/PLAN Northern Owamboland. SN 81730521SW also sat on Kamaho E.K. PN 30963 and Kambinda PN 30964/30965 — cleared from those three; 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 54-56 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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