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Identity
Person No.
31278
Old ROH no.
796
Service No.
67354217BT
Last Name
Leamy 1
First Name
Stephan
Initials
S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1952 (±1 yr) 288
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
09 January 1978 82
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,655
Killed in action, in a contact with the enemy, at Enhana
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Regiment 3
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Regiment Piet Retief 1
Defence Force
Unknown
Location
Country
South Africa 23,874
Locality
Free State 737
Cemetery
BLOEMFONTEIN (IN MEMORIAM) CEMETERY 78
Grave Reference
BK 69 1
Coordinates
-29.14566, 26.20732 OSM
Memorial
1977 SAA (Kruger–Maquinda, Walker–Wilters) to 1978 SAA (Amorim–Cassamano, Hunter–Mandunga)
Names on 1977-1978 SAA Kruger-Mandunga
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
1977-1978 SAA Kruger-Mandunga
On the panel
1978 Army. Right column. 10th name from the top (Leamy S.)
Notes

Husband of I. Leamy, of Bloemfontein. ref. "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.

Research notes

SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1977 SAA (Kruger–Maquinda, Walker–Wilters) to 1978 SAA (Amorim–Cassamano, Hunter–Mandunga)". 1978 Army. Right column. 10th name from the top (Leamy S.). 26 Aug 2026: Corps from SAWGP Regiment South African Infantry Corps; Unit leftover "2 Squadron" → Regiment Piet Retief (SAWGP Unit).
War in Angola forum Afrikaans newspaper clipping (Johan Schoeman Excel export, 1 Sep 2026): contact on the kaplyn near the Angolan border; section leader Cpl Philip Swart (26) of Tarkastad; L/Cpl Leamy seriously wounded and carried out of the fire zone by Swart and L/Cpl Barend van Heerden, later died; the firefight lasted about 45 seconds; the unnamed radio operator was seized by the enemy and fought free, losing his radio. WIA subject rank Cpl vs record Lance Corporal — not overwritten.
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 1
on 09 May 2011 · via source
My name is Corrie and I have just joined your website, some information on one of the fallen listed on your site. Lance Corporal Stephan Leamy, belonged to Regiment Piet Retief and was shot in the lung during a patrol near Enhana in 78, he died while waiting to be casavaced. His company was temp based at a school and a section was sent out to get water, they walked into an ambush of 65 ters, the section went down and returned fire killing three insurgents, during the initial fire Leamy took a shot in the lung, the signaller was grabbed and shot in the buttocks but he managed to escape. The patrols had a habit of following the same path every day on their water patrol, but on that day they veered from their route, the ambush was laid out in an L shape and they walked into the short leg of the L, neutralizing most of the longer legs fire. Leamy had a newborn child, I am sure this info can be verified by the ops reports of the unit, or the military Corrie
Dedications 1
by Johan Schoeman on 02 May 2025 · via War in Angola
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