Husband of Mrs. H. H. C. Roza, of Bronkhorstspruit.
10 Sep 2026: Renamed away from 31 (Bushman) Battalion label; Unit set by Mike Sandham dating rule (31 Bn outside 1 Aug 1980-1 Jun 1989 window, else 201 Bn).
16 Sep 2026, ServiceNo contamination sweep: the stored ServiceNo '05153481' was CLEARED. It was not a reading of this man's record. PersonNumbers 32758 to 32759 -- 2 consecutive records -- all carried the identical number, which belongs to the record at the head of that run (32758, Roza, Carlos Fernandes (C F)). A value repeated down an unbroken block of PersonNumbers is a forward-fill import artefact, not men who shared a service number; the pattern holds across 850 such runs on this roll and is independently confirmed by Mike Sandham's research log, which attaches such numbers to the head of the run 167 times against 6 contradictions (all examined). No replacement is guessed: this man's real service number is simply not known, and a blank field says so honestly where another man's number did not.
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".
Daniel was awarded the Honoris Crux for bravery during Operation Savannah, 1 November 1975, for an action during the Battle of Bridge 14, an engagement during which he single-handedly killed eleven enemy soldiers. Bridge 14 was situated on the Nhia River, en route from from Cela to Quibala. South African mechanized contingents deploying to the south had routed a FAPLA unit some time prior, and the retreating Angolans had demolished the existing structure. However, since Colonel Jan Breytenbach could not actually ascertain this from his forward positions, he ordered Roxo to conduct a more thorough reconnaissance. Roxo subsequently arrived at the river with four Eland-90 armoured cars; his patrol came under heavy mortar fire from an opposite bank and two of the vehicles withdrew, leaving Roxo
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Mike Sandham
Email 9 Sep 2026: Bushman Battalion label ? 31/201 Bn by dating rule
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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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