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Identity
Person No.
31070
Old ROH no.
700
Service No.
81175259BG
Last Name
First Name
Clifton David
Initials
C D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,628
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident. While on convoy duties between Nepara and Rundu, the Kwevoel 50 in which he was traveling struck a civilian bakkie head on
Military Service
Branch
Medical Health
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,825
South African Defence Force
Notes

Son of Mr. P. G. Kilroe, of Germiston.

Research notes


14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added -- database-wide sweep for SADF Border War operational-area deaths within the medal's gazetted window (25 Jun 1976 - 27 Apr 2003), per the warrant's died-before-qualifying-period provision. See PersonAward.Citation for the gazette references.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added earlier today REVERTED -- John obtained the actual Government Gazette (GG 5171/5575); the "died before completing the qualifying period" provision relied on does not exist in the primary text (it was a secondary-source claim). Actual Rule 5 requires (a) combat/enemy-caused incident, (b) a Ministerially-acknowledged operation (clasp), or (c) 55+ continuous/90+ non-continuous days in an operational area -- none of which this record's cause of death clearly demonstrates.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Air Force" was CLEARED. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Medical Health". Across the roll 787 records carried such a contradiction; judged against Corps and Regiment -- independent of both columns -- the evidence backed Branch 744 times and Unit2 not once. Branch is therefore kept and the contradicting word removed. Nothing is guessed: this man's branch of service is already recorded, and his sub-unit, if any, is simply not known.

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External References
Stories 1
on 13 August 2004 · via source
I last saw Clifford alive in 1984, when we finnished high school. He went New Forest High, Woodlands, Durban. We both had one month to go (Jun 87) and he was killed. I was told he died when the buffel hit a land mine.
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