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Identity
Person No.
32918
Service No.
94678927
Last Name
First Name
Mathews Tinyika
Initials
S S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
30
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died at Loskop, stabbed by unknown parties, while off duty
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Police
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
Infantry (Motorised)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Listed under South African Army Infantry (Motorised) (Regular) in the SA Army Units navbox.
Notes

ref. SANDF 1998 RoH

Research notes


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 ("7 South African Infantry Battalion") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is.
26 Sep 2026: FORENAMES FLAGGED, NOT CHANGED. This record's FirstName reads "Mathews Tinyika" while its own Initials read "S S", which those forenames cannot produce. PersonNumber 32917, immediately above, is Mathews Tinyika Shetlele, and the value is his -- the same forward-fill that put Shetlele's cause of death onto him from the record above him in turn. This man's real forenames are not known here, so nothing is put in their place and nothing is removed; the mismatch is recorded so the name is not read as established.

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