Son of Mr. D. and Mrs. M. Myburgh. Husband of Elizabeth Fransien Myburgh
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 27 Dec 2022: 67252411BT Rifleman Leon Myburgh, 1st Battalion Regiment Bloemspruit, killed when their Unimog skidded off the Rundu-Bagani road in wet weather, age 27. Same Unimog as Kruger A.J. PN 31165 and Wiese B.F. PN 33863. Graham age 27; ROH 26 left (1967-prefix SN). Unit and cause already matched.
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "Regiment Bloemspruit" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added -- database-wide sweep for SADF Border War operational-area deaths within the medal's gazetted window (25 Jun 1976 - 27 Apr 2003), per the warrant's died-before-qualifying-period provision. See PersonAward.Citation for the gazette references.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added earlier today REVERTED -- John obtained the actual Government Gazette (GG 5171/5575); the "died before completing the qualifying period" provision relied on does not exist in the primary text (it was a secondary-source claim). Actual Rule 5 requires (a) combat/enemy-caused incident, (b) a Ministerially-acknowledged operation (clasp), or (c) 55+ continuous/90+ non-continuous days in an operational area -- none of which this record's cause of death clearly demonstrates.
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 27 Dec 2022: 67252411BT Rifleman Leon Myburgh, 1st Battalion Regiment Bloemspruit, killed when their Unimog skidded off the Rundu-Bagani road in wet weather, age 27. Same Unimog as Kruger A.J. PN 31165 and Wiese B.F. PN 33863. Graham age 27; ROH 26 left (1967-prefix SN). Unit and cause already matched.
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
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SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
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War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), pages 88-89 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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