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Identity
Person No.
32716
Old ROH no.
34871
Service No.
76915222SP
Last Name
Rodriques 1
First Name
Mahorison
Initials
M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1961 (±1 yr) 381
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
04 March 1982 109
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents near the Cut-line
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
201 Battalion 43
Formerly 31 Battalion (1980)
Corps
South West African Territory Force 376
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,839
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Namibia 768
Locality
Caprivi 225
Cemetery
Believed to be buried at 31Bn (Omega) Cemetery 47
Grave Reference
Grave 1202 1
Awards
Pro Patria Medal
Pro Patria Medal
South Africa
Pro Patria Medal warrant, Government Gazette No. 5171 (25 Jun 1976), Rule 5, as amended by GG No. 5575 (3 Jun 1977); discontinued by GG No. 25213 (25 Jul 2003, Schedule corrected by GG No. 26778, 17 Sep 2004) for service on/after 27 Apr 2003. Gazette extracts: https://rohsa.co.za/award.php?id=24
Notes

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Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 04 Mar 2024: 76915222SP Rifleman Mahorison Rodriques, 31 Battalion (201 Battalion SWATF), Killed in Action during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents near the Cut-line, age 21. Same contact as Verwey L. PN 33723. Unit already 201 Battalion. Cause already matched. Unit2 was Fire Department — set to Army. Graham spelling Rodriques left as on ROH. | Also Last Post 04 Mar 2021: 76915222SP Rifleman Mahorison Rodriques, 31 Battalion (201 Battalion SWATF), KIA SWAPO/PLAN near the Cut-line, age 21. Same contact as Verwey L. PN 33723.
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
Stories 1
on 21 November 2002 · via source
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