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Identity
Person No.
33244
Old ROH no.
1409
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Thabete 1
First Name
Unknown
Initials
N Z
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1970 (±1 yr) 220
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
01 January 1992 263
Cause code
SHOT 546
Shot
Cause of Death
Rfn Thabete was an int collector in the Natal area 1
Rfn Thabete was an int collector in the Natal area. He was hitchhiking back to PMB, when he fell asleep in the truck. His service pistol was stolen and he was shot dead with his own pistol
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
31 Battalion 34
Later renamed 201 Battalion (1980)
Defence Force
SADF 3,838
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,873
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
Notes

Ref SANDF 1998 RoH

Research notes


4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "SA Army" cleared -- that's the service branch (Army, as distinct from Navy/Air Force), not a specific regiment; the actual unit ("31 (Bushman) Battalion") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is.

10 Sep 2026: Cleared FirstName "Rumai" and ServiceNo 94078896 (Tetsa pollution). Unit set to 31 Battalion (was Bushman). Mike Sandham high-confidence FN pass.
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
on 13 November 2006 · via source
Rfn Thabete was an int collector in the Natal area. He was hitchhiking back to PMB, when he fell asleep in the truck. His service pistol was stolen and he was shot dead with his own pistol. Oshkosh was a very brave soldier and was responsible for the collection of first class information. (I was his PF handler.)
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