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Identity
Person No.
31918
Service No.
94679850
Last Name
First Name
Buhle Sidwell
Initials
G T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died at Limit Hill, Ladysmith, stabbed by unknown parties, while off duty
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SANDF 1,025
South African National Defence Force
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
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 (Light)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Listed under South African Army Infantry (Light) (Regular) in the SA Army Units navbox.
Notes

ref. SANDF 1998 RoH

Research notes

26 Aug 2026: Corps from SAWGP Regiment South African Infantry Corps; Unit leftover "4 South African Infantry Battalion" → 21 South African Infantry Battalion (SAWGP Unit).
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "South African Army" cleared -- that's the service branch (Army, as distinct from Navy/Air Force), not a specific regiment; the actual unit ("21 South African Infantry Battalion") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is.
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 15 Sep 2026: 94679850 Lance Corporal G T Mkhize, 21 Battalion, stabbed to death by persons unknown at Limit Hill in Ladysmith, age 26. SN/date/place/cause already matched. CONFLICT flagged, not changed: Graham age 26 vs stored Age 20 (derived from EstBirthYear 1978, itself an estimate). Pre-existing FirstName/Initials mismatch also noted: stored FirstName "Buhle Sidwell" does not match stored Initials "G T" (shared with three other Mkhize stubs 31919-31921, all "Buhle Sidwell" with different initials -- likely FirstName contamination, not resolved here).
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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