Identity
Person No.
31706
Service No.
94776382PE
Last Name
First Name
Lucas Sonwabo
Initials
L S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
31
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident, parachute accident, at Army Battle School
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Defence Force
SANDF 1,025
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (Parachute)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Part of
Listed under South African Army Infantry (Parachute) (Regular) in the SA Army Units navbox.
Notes
Husband of Mrs. Victoria Vuyiseka Matrose, of Queenstown. Father of daughters Aphelele Matrose and Khanyisa Matrose and only son Sisa Matrose. ref. SANDF 1997 Roll of Honour
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.
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