Identity
Person No.
33099
Old ROH no.
1345
Service No.
83207522BT
Last Name
First Name
Gregory MacKenzie
Initials
G M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,586
Accident
Cause of Death
Accidentally killed in a parachuting accident at Pretoria. He was officially reported missing after participating in a Sunday night practice parachute jump at Murray Hill just north of Pretoria. An intensive search was launched but his body was only located the following day and recovered
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Role at time of death
Airborne Infantry
Status
Mixed: 1 Parachute Battalion Permanent Force (Regular); 2 & 3 Parachute Battalion Reserve Force
Pre-2000 name for the same formation as 44 Parachute Regiment (OrgEntityID 2593, pass 2) -- the Brigade was formed April 1978 with 2 and 3 Parachute Battalions added to the already-Regular 1 Parachute Battalion (1961); redesignated a Regiment in 2000.
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Stewart (Steward on Border archive roll)
Research notes
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
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
open source ↗
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
Stories 1
Greg had completed his 2 years as a Parabat and Pathfinder. Trained at Tempe then based in Odangwa with RECES. Did many foot patrols in Angola and was even wounded in the leg. (1985-1986) Started to reintegrate into society and then was called up for a stupid 3 Months camp in March 1988. They needed him to go to Angola. He tragicly died doing a night practice jump just north of Pretoria at 8 Pm 20 March. It was a Sunday. If somebody was present that night and knows what exactly happened please email me. ian@adbs.co.za Ian Stewart
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