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Identity
Person No.
32011
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Moses 23
First Name
M
Initials
M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1967 (±1 yr) 289
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
17 March 1987 93
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,655
Killed in action, when his vehicle was hit by an RPG7, 15 km North of Ongendiva (Sec 10)
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
101 Battalion 97
Formerly 35 Battalion (1980)
Corps
South West African Territory Force 376
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
101 Battalion, Romeo Mike Team
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
Part of
SWATF (1977–1989) — Regular Infantry Battalions
Awards
Pro Patria Medal
Pro Patria Medal
South Africa
Pro Patria Medal warrant, Government Gazette No. 5171 (25 Jun 1976), Rule 5, as amended by GG No. 5575 (3 Jun 1977); discontinued by GG No. 25213 (25 Jul 2003, Schedule corrected by GG No. 26778, 17 Sep 2004) for service on/after 27 Apr 2003. Gazette extracts: https://rohsa.co.za/award.php?id=24
Notes

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Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 17 Mar 2024: Rifleman M. Moses, 101 Battalion Romeo Mike SWATF, Killed in Action during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN in Southern Angola just north of the Cut-line, age 20. Graham gave no service number. Same RPG7 contact 15 km north of Ongendiva (Sec 10) as Wetton C.D. PN 33843. RPG7/Ongendiva wording not overwritten. Cleared stolen ServiceNo 95065942 (belongs to Mosenene M.W. PN 32010, 21 SAI, 1998-03-18). FirstName Morupisi William and age 43 matched that Mosenene record (and age 43 also sat on other Moses rows) — reset to Graham's M. Moses age 20; did not invent a first name. Unit2 was generic Army; set to 101 Battalion Romeo Mike Team. | Also Last Post 17 Mar 2020: Rifleman M. Moses, 101 Battalion, KIA SWAPO/PLAN Southern Angola just north of the Cut-line, age 20. Graham gave no service number. Same contact as Wetton C.D. PN 33843.

Citations
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External References
  • Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
    Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 17 Mar 2024: Rifleman M. Moses, 101 Battalion Romeo Mike SWATF, Killed in Action during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN in Southern Angola just north of the Cut-line, age 20. Graham gave no service number. Same RPG7 contact 15 km north of Ongendiva (Sec 10) as Wetton C.D. PN 33843. RPG7/Ongendiva wording not overwritten. Cleared stolen ServiceNo 95065942 (belongs to Mosenene M.W. PN 32010, 21 SAI, 1998-03-18). FirstName Morupisi William and age 43 matched that Mosenene record (and age 43 also sat on other Moses rows) — reset to Graham's M. Moses age 20; did not invent a first name. Unit2 was generic Army; set to 101 Battalion Romeo Mike Team.
  • Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
    Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 17 Mar 2020: Rifleman M. Moses from 101 Battalion SWATF was Killed in Action during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN Insurgents in Southern Angola just north of the Cut-line. He was 20. Graham gave no service number. Same RPG7 contact 15 km north of Ongendiva as Wetton C.D. PN 33843. Stolen SN 95065942 already cleared on 17 Mar 2024 (belongs to Mosenene M.W. PN 32010).
  • South African War Graves Project open source ↗
  • The War in Angola open source ↗
    War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), pages 66-76 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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