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Identity
Person No.
31048
Service No.
92673375
Last Name
First Name
Molefi Phillip
Initials
P M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
34
Death Record
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Died at 1 Military Hospital after being grievously burned when his bed caught alight while he was asleep
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Unknown
Defence Force
SANDF 1,025
South African National Defence Force
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (Light)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Listed under South African Army Infantry (Light) (Regular) in the SA Army Units navbox.
Notes

Ref SANDF 1998 RoH

Research notes


4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "SA Army" cleared -- that's the service branch (Army, as distinct from Navy/Air Force), not a specific regiment; the actual unit ("21 South African Infantry Battalion") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is.
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 12 Sep 2026: 92673375 Sgt P M Khanya, SA Army, burned when his bed caught alight while asleep, died 1 Military Hospital, age 37. CauseDeath enriched (asleep). Stored FirstName Molefi Phillip / Initials P M / Unit 21 SAI left. CONFLICT flagged, not changed: Graham age 37 vs stored Age 34; Graham "South African Army" vs stored 21 SAI. Not on Bushwar same-day post.
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".

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