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Identity
Person No.
32167
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Unknown
Initials
T W Z
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received during a fierce contact. He was hit by a mortar and suffered multiple shrapnel wounds which left his left lung was severely damaged
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Bombardier
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,852
South African Defence Force
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Within the Voortrekker Monument heritage precinct, Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
No. 12
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
Notes
Unknown
Research notes

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 76385905BG cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "NAUS, MATTHEW JOHANNES" (L BDR, Sterf 06 03 80), matching PersonNumber 32166 (Naus, DateDeath 1980-03-06) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "76385905BG". Left as an unresolved collision otherwise -- this correction is specific to this one PDF-confirmed case, not a general claim this record's other data is wrong.
32 Bn Tree of Honour omissions research, 28 Aug 2026: this record's FirstName ("Mathias Johannes") and AddInfo ("Son of Mr. G. Naus") appear to be data contamination from an unrelated record, PersonNumber 32166 "Naus, Mathias Johannes" (14 Field Regiment, died 1980-03-06, self-inflicted gunshot wound) -- identical FirstName and AddInfo text, but that record's initials are "M J", not this record's stored "T W Z", and its unit/cause have nothing to do with this record's 32 Battalion combat-death narrative. The surname "Navaros" and initials "T W Z" match the 32 Battalion Tree of Honour's "Navaros T.W.Z." (transcription by Derek Walker) exactly, and the true given names are believed to belong to this record, not "Mathias Johannes". Not overwritten (no source gives the correct given names) -- flagged for manual review. Tree of Honour date 1977-04-16 also conflicts with this record's stored 1981-01-01; no source resolves which is correct.
Data contamination fixed 28 Aug 2026: FirstName ("Mathias Johannes") and AddInfo ("Son of Mr. G. Naus") were copied from the unrelated neighbouring record PersonNumber 32166 ("Naus, Mathias Johannes", initials M J) -- cleared back to unknown rather than guessed. This record's own initials (T W Z) and combat-death narrative are unaffected and unchanged.
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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