Identity
Person No.
33322
Old ROH no.
35644
Service No.
77535581BT
Last Name
First Name
Stephen Charles
Initials
S C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,586
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident. Fell into the Crocodile River at the Kruger Park
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
2nd Battalion
Defence Force
SADF 3,856
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
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, later Mechanised Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
Regiment de la Rey, established 1934 as one of the new Afrikaans-language Citizen Force units of the Union Defence Force. Renamed General de la Rey Regiment; one of only six mechanised units in the SANDF Reserve Force as of the post-1994 period.
Notes
Son of Mrs. E. M. Trollip, of Stilfontein
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "Regiment De la Rey" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
Citations
Unknown
External References
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), page 24 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 1
L-Kpl SC Trollip was van 2Regiment de la Rey. Tydens die agtervolging van onwettige emigrante (deurlopers) uit Mosambiek het hy naby Krokkedilbrug-kamp in die Nasionele Kruger Wildtuin, in die Krokkedil-rivier vermis geraak. Sy oorskot is nooit gevind nie, maar wel n stuk materiaal -(Browns) - volgens die forensiese verslag is hy deur n Krokkedil aangeval. Ek was sy Kompanie bevelvoerder. Gevolglik die eerstehandse kennis Don Havenga
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