ref. "The Covert War" by Peter Stiff
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 08 Apr 2026: Special Constable Filimon Lukas, SWA Police Counter-Insurgency Wing Ops-K (Koevoet), Killed in Action during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland, age 24. Graham gave no service number. ROH age is 32 (not overwritten). 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 1952, a mismatch; PersonNumber 31431 (Lukas, implied birth circa 1966) fits instead. Original value: "80656705KB".
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 24 against this record's 32. 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 08 Apr 2026: Special Constable Filimon Lukas, SWA Police Counter-Insurgency Wing Ops-K (Koevoet), Killed in Action during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland, age 24. Graham gave no service number. ROH age is 32 (not overwritten).
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Koevoet Wall of Remembrance
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Koevoet Wall of Remembrance
- 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 57-65 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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