Identity
Person No.
32495
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Thabiso Anthon
Initials
T A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action in a battle with Michel Djotodia's Seleka rebel coalition in the Central African Republic
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SANDF 1,019
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Bangui, Central African Republic
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
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
Operation
Operation
Dates
2007 to 2013
About
SANDF training/support deployment in the Central African Republic, ended after the March 2013 Battle of Bangui and subsequent withdrawal.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Airborne light infantry (paratroops)
Status
Regular Force
Part of
Still the SANDF’s only full-time parachute battalion. 44 Parachute Brigade was downsized to 44 Parachute Regiment in 1999.
Awards
South Africa
Posthumous. Citation written by Col W.L. Dixon; signed off by GOC SA Special Forces Brig Gen R. Maphwanya, C J Ops Lt Gen D.M. Mgwebi, and C SANDF/Minister/President. Medal register number: Protea Silver 368.
Notes
No additional information known at this time
Research notes
SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 94728680PE cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "PHIRI, MALEHO WILLIAM" (S SGT, Sterf 12 10 99), matching PersonNumber 32494 (Phiri, DateDeath 1999-10-12) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "94728680PE". 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.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Battle of Bangui: Medal Recipients (Parliamentary Question for Written Reply)
open source ↗
Battle of Bangui medal recipients document
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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defenceWeb -- SANDF peacekeeper fatalities
open source ↗
defenceWeb, "SANDF peacekeeper fatalities" and "DRC deaths pushed SANDF peacekeeper fatalities to over 100 since democracy" (compiled lists). Confirms existing record. NOT linked to the De Brug Wall of Remembrance -- that memorial explicitly excludes the Battle of Bangui (CAR) dead per its own stated scope.
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