Identity
Person No.
32450
Service No.
79841939SP
Last Name
First Name
Swana
Initials
S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,585
Accident
Cause of Death
Died of accidental injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds in an accidental mortar bomb explosion, at Nkongo Base
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
701 Battalion 17
Formerly
33 Battalion
(1980)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,843
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
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
Husband of Mrs. R. S. Paulus
Research notes
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".
Citations
Unknown
External References
-
SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
open source ↗
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), pages 117-119 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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