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Identity
Person No.
33296
Old ROH no.
34898
Service No.
83884510SW
Last Name
Tjenda 1
First Name
Benjamin
Initials
B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1967 (±1 yr) 289
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
04 March 1986 109
Cause code
MVA 2,637
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,764
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, when his Buffel Troop Carrier overturned in Northern Owamboland
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
201 Battalion 43
Formerly 31 Battalion (1980)
Corps
South West African Territory Force 376
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,843
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Namibia 768
Locality
Caprivi 225
Cemetery
Believed to be buried at 31Bn (Omega) Cemetery 47
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 16
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
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Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 04 Mar 2024: 83884510SW Rifleman Benjamin Tjenda, 201 Battalion SWATF, killed when his Buffel Troop Carrier overturned in Northern Owamboland, age 19. Unit and cause already matched. | Also Last Post 04 Mar 2021: 83884510SW Rifleman Benjamin Tjenda, 201 Battalion SWATF, Buffel overturned in Northern Owamboland, age 19.
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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