Identity
Person No.
31528
Old ROH no.
868
Service No.
84281468BG
Last Name
First Name
Anton
Initials
A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Cause of Death
Died of accidental injuries, 40mm multi grenade launcher exploded during training, at Oudtshoorn
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Wasson
Research notes
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
Unknown
External References
- 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 136-137 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 1
Anton Malan was a member of Foxtrot Company at Infantry School - Oudtshoorn as part of the January 1990 intake. He was undergoing training as an officer and was in his 8th month of a 9 month Officers course. He was a qualified teacher, conscripted (in the manner most white male teachers were) and sent to Infantry School to become an officer. He was killed in the final week of a Convetional Warfare training. During an assessment exercise, Anton was assigned to use a Multiple Grenade Launcher, offering support cover fire for a section doing 'fire and movement'. The weapon he was using malfunctioned, resulting in an explosion of the ammunition it contained. Anton was in my Platoon. He was part of the Badmington team. A memorial was made on the site where he fell by his platoon buddies. This can be found at the following coordinates - -33° 33' 26.32", +22° 11' 30.65" Shaun Foster
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