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Identity
Person No.
31833
Old ROH no.
937
Service No.
87107736HD
Last Name
Mdaka 3
First Name
Laurens Stef
Initials
L S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1965 (±1 yr) 279
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
28 August 1990 107
Cause code
MVA 2,633
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died of injuries 578
Died of injuries, received in Military Vehicle Accident 17 August at Letaba Bridge, at 1 Mil Hospital
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Kruger National Park Commando 7
Unit
Mess 12 22
Defence Force
SADF 3,832
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,874
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1,612
Memorial
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
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (area defence)
Status
Commando (Area Bound Reserve)
Part of
Group 33
Same category as South African Commandos generally (OrgEntityID 5183, pass 2) -- Kruger National Park Commando is one specific named local Commando unit within that area-bound reserve system.
Notes

Son of Mr. B. Mdaka

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit, Last Post, 28 Aug 2026: Rfn L.S. Mdaka, Kruger National Park Commando, age 25, died of injuries from a military vehicle accident (17 Aug) at Letaba Bridge, at 1 Mil Hospital, 28 Aug 1990. Matches ROH record. Note: ROH's Regiment for this record is 'Kruger Park Game Reserve Commando' (OrgEntityID 5307, 7 people) -- likely the same real unit as the separately-recorded OrgEntity 'Kruger National Park Commando' (OrgEntityID 5736) that Graham's naming matches; not merged in this pass, flagged for a dedicated entity-dedup pass.
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".

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