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Identity
Person No.
32063
Service No.
95073979
Last Name
First Name
Khomotso Paul
Initials
S M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Cause code
MVA 2,635
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Private Vehicle Accident, on the Old Richmond Rd
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SANDF 1,026
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 "1 Parachute Battalion" → 21 South African Infantry Battalion (SAWGP Unit).
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "SA 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 16 Sep 2026: 95073979 Rifleman S.M. Msimanga, 21 Battalion, killed in a private motor vehicle accident on the Old Richmond Road, age 24. SN/date/cause already matched. CONFLICTS flagged, not changed: Graham age 24 vs stored Age 23; stored FirstName "Khomotso Paul" does not match stored Initials "S M" -- pre-existing mismatch, not resolved here (possible FirstName contamination).
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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