Identity
Person No.
33417
Old ROH no.
1457
Service No.
72456049BC
Last Name
First Name
Michael Lenin
Initials
M L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SHOT 546
Shot
Cause of Death
Died in Shooting Incident, accidentally killed in the Operational Area when struck by a bullet resulting from an accidental discharge of a fellow soldier's rifle
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Son of Mr. L. H. van der Schyff.
Research notes
26 Aug 2026: Unit leftover "11 Commando, Jan Kemp Dorp, "E" Coy." → Mounted Regiment (SAWGP Regiment, no Unit).
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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