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Identity
Person No.
32945
Old ROH no.
1296
Service No.
88742564JD
Last Name
Sibuyi 2
First Name
Rivers Ammon
Initials
R A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1958 (±1 yr) 437
Age at Death
31
Death Record
Date of Death
21 September 1989 149
Cause code
ACC 1,585
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Animal Attack 6
Killed by a lion while on a foot patrol in the northern section of the Kruger National Park
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Kruger National Park Commando 7
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,852
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1,612
Memorial
Memorial
SADF Wall of Remembrance
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Voortrekker Monument, Eeufees Road, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa
Coordinates
-25.77639, 28.17583 · OpenStreetMap
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 (area defence)
Status
Commando (Area Bound Reserve)
Part of
Group 33
Same category as South African Commandos generally (OrgEntityID 5183, pass 2) -- Kruger National Park Commando is one specific named local Commando unit within that area-bound reserve system.
Notes

Brother of Mr. L. Sibuyi

Research notes

26 Aug 2026: Unit leftover "111 South African Infantry Battalion" → Kruger Park Game Reserve Commando (SAWGP Regiment, no Unit).
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 21 Sep 2026: "88742564JD Rifleman Rivers Ammon Sibuyi from the Kruger Park Commando was accidentally killed after being attacked by a lion while on a foot patrol in the Northern section of the Kruger National Park. He was 31." Cause enriched -- the stored text said only "killed by lion", without that he was on a foot patrol or where.
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
by Graham Du Toit on 21 September 2014 · via source
21 Sep 1989: 88742564JD Rifleman Rivers Ammon Sibuyi from the Kruger National Park Commando was killed after being attacked by a lion while on foot patrol in the Northern section of the Kruger National Park. He was 31.
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Source: https://rohsa.co.za/person.php?PersonNumber=32945&pdf=1

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