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Identity
Person No.
32901
Service No.
96080106
Last Name
First Name
Clifford Sikelela
Initials
M C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Died at Inanda, shot by unknown parties, while AWOL
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Gunner
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SANDF 1,025
South African National Defence Force
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
Unit History
Role at time of death
Artillery
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Listed under South African Army Artillery (Regular) in the SA Army Units navbox.
Notes

ref. SANDF 1998 RoH

Research notes

26 Aug 2026: Corps from SAWGP Regiment South African Artillery; Unit leftover "1 Engineer Regiment" → 4 Artillery Regiment (SAWGP Unit).
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "South African Army" cleared -- that's the service branch (Army, as distinct from Navy/Air Force), not a specific regiment; the actual unit ("4 Artillery Regiment") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is.
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 10 Sep 2026: 96080106 Gunner M.C. Shangase, 4 Artillery Regiment, AWOL, found shot dead by persons unknown at Inanda, age 22. Matches this record (stored FirstName Clifford Sikelela, Initials M C; Regiment 4 Artillery Regiment; CauseDeath already has Inanda / unknown parties / AWOL). CONFLICT flagged, not changed: Graham age 22 vs stored Age 24 (EstBirthYear 1974). Not on Bushwar Books same-day post.

10 Sep 2026: John decision - Age set to 22 per Graham Last Post (was 24 / EstBirthYear 1974). EstBirthYear adjusted to 1976.
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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