Identity
Person No.
31433
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Mathias
Initials
M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
32
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, Counter-insurgency duty in South West Africa. Member of Koevoet
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Unit History
Notes
ref. "The Covert War" by Peter Stiff
Research notes
SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026 (year-prefix method): ServiceNo 80656705KB cleared -- per the documented SA force-number convention (data/SA_SERVICE_NUMBER_NOTES.md), the prefix '80' implies registration circa 1980 (usually age 16), i.e. birth circa 1964. This record's own Age/DateDeath implies birth circa 1957, a mismatch; PersonNumber 31431 (Lukas, implied birth circa 1966) fits instead. Original value: "80656705KB".
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Koevoet Wall of Remembrance
open source ↗
Koevoet Wall of Remembrance
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), pages 66-76 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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