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Identity
Person No.
32958
Old ROH no.
1301
Service No.
78351913BT
Last Name
Silverton 1
First Name
Schaullum Lennox
Initials
S L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1962 (±1 yr) 352
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
02 August 1983 120
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,655
Killed in action, landmine explosion in the Kaokoveld on the road between Etengua (western-most 102 Battalion base) and the Cunene River
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Regiment Christiaan Beyers 8
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,832
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,874
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY 478
Grave Reference
Jewish Section (A7) 1
Coordinates
-26.15926, 27.9943 OSM
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Regiment Christiaan Beyers, established 1939 as the second battalion of Regiment Botha, later separated into its own reserve regiment. Renamed Mapungubwe Regiment.
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

Son of Mr. F. E. Silverton, of Hekpoort. ***Jewish | Landmine on the road between Etengua (western-most 102 Bn base) and the Cunene River, Kaokoveld.

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 02 Aug 2026: 78351913BT Rifleman Schaullum Lennox Silverton, Regiment Christiaan Beyers, killed in action in a landmine explosion in the Kaokoveld on the road between Etengua (western-most 102 Battalion base) and the Cunene River, age 21. Earlier ROH cause said Northern Owamboland / age 20. DATE DISCREPANCY 25 Aug 2026: pantser.cmvo.org.za's SADF deaths PDF gives this person's Sterf (date of death) as "08 02 83" (DD MM YY) against the same ServiceNo (78351913BT) and name -- differs from this record's DateDeath (1983-08-02). Not overwritten, flagged for reference.
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "Regiment Christiaan Beyers" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: gives Age 20 against this record's 21 (a difference of one year, so most likely a birthday-not-yet-reached transcription difference rather than a real disagreement). This record has no date of birth, so there is nothing to adjudicate with. Flagged, not changed.
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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