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Identity
Person No.
33806
Old ROH no.
1634
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Waterhouse 2
First Name
Unknown
Initials
G B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1969 (±1 yr) 300
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
01 January 1992 263
Cause code
ACC 1,585
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in an accident 28
Died in an accident
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
4 Reconnaissance Regiment 10
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,341
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,815
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,847
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
Unit History
Role at time of death
Special Forces (reconnaissance)
Status
Regular Force
Each numbered Reconnaissance unit was renamed over time: "X Reconnaissance Commando" -> "X Reconnaissance Regiment" (1981) -> briefly a Parachute Battalion designation (1992/93, under "45 Parachute Brigade", a Special-Forces-only designation distinct from the real 44 Parachute Brigade) -> "X Special Forces Regiment" (1995). The parent formation itself changed name several times before 1995 (Special Forces Headquarters, then Directorate Reconnaissance(Forces)) with disputed exact dates between sources -- 1995 is the one date sources agree on. Corps classified as SAIC (South African Infantry Corps) per this site's own records; no independent source found confirms that for Special Forces units specifically -- treat as owner-asserted pending a better citation.
Notes

Son of Mr. H. T. Wasserman, of Aliwal North.

Research notes

SASFA In Memoriam (selection incomplete): passed selection but died before completing the cycle and becoming an operator (not awarded operator status). SASFA: Waterhouse GB 1992. https://www.recce.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/4.1.-Memoriam.pdf 26 Aug 2026: Unit was leftover "Air Force Gymnasium". SAWGP Regiment 4 Reconnaissance Regiment with no separate unit.
5 Sep 2026, FirstName-contamination revisit (folding into the 31 Aug 2026 scan): SASFA In Memoriam names him "Waterhouse GB" -- initials only, matching stored Initials "G B" exactly. Cleared rather than guessed -- correct first name still unknown.
16 Sep 2026, ServiceNo contamination sweep: the stored ServiceNo '67283861' was CLEARED. It was not a reading of this man's record. PersonNumbers 33805 to 33806 -- 2 consecutive records -- all carried the identical number, which belongs to the record at the head of that run (33805, Wasserman, Nicolaas Phillipus Johannes (N P J)). A value repeated down an unbroken block of PersonNumbers is a forward-fill import artefact, not men who shared a service number; the pattern holds across 850 such runs on this roll and is independently confirmed by Mike Sandham's research log, which attaches such numbers to the head of the run 167 times against 6 contradictions (all examined). No replacement is guessed: this man's real service number is simply not known, and a blank field says so honestly where another man's number did not.

Citations
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External References
Stories 1
by John Waterhouse on 24 September 2012 · via source
Born in Rhodesia in 1971, Greg, went on to acheive great success in his short but full life. After matriculating at Fairbairn High in Goodwood, Cape Town, he completed his studies before joining the SADF in the final year that military service was compulsory and was determined to make the most of it. After completing basics and officers course he went on to try out for Special Forces selection. It was here that his bright and promising life was cut short due to a tragic accident. Rest well my brother. You will never be forgotten and your spirt lives on.
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