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Identity
Person No.
39755
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
De Portugal 1
First Name
Orlando
Initials
O
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1966 (±1 yr) 251
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
09 March 1985 97
Cause code
MVA 2,626
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,759
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, when the Buffel Troop Carrier in which they were travelling as passengers, overturned in Grahamstown
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
6 South African Infantry Battalion 64
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,343
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
1 Commando, 4 Troop
Defence Force
SADF 3,821
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,859
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Family Grave site, Church of England Section, Block 33 1
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
Part of
Infantry Formation (SAAIF) — Air Assault Infantry — Regular
Notes

DUPLICATE of PersonNumber 30491 (Orlando De Portugal Goncalves). See ExtraCitation.

Research notes

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 82532581BG cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "GONCALVES, ORLANDO DE" (RFN, Sterf 03 09 85), matching PersonNumber 30491 (Goncalves, DateDeath 1985-09-03) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "82532581BG". Left as an unresolved collision otherwise -- this correction is specific to this one PDF-confirmed case, not a general claim this record's other data is wrong.
DUPLICATE of PersonNumber 30491 (Goncalves, Orlando De Portugal, 82532581BG, DateDeath 1985-09-03). Mike Sandham 3 Sep 2026 omissions: same Buffel accident Grahamstown; Sandham mistyped this duplicate as Person #39775. SN already cleared 25 Aug 2026 onto 30491. Record retained for audit — do not treat as a second casualty.

Citations
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External References
  • Mike Sandham
    DUPLICATE of PersonNumber 30491 (Goncalves, Orlando De Portugal, 82532581BG, DateDeath 1985-09-03). Mike Sandham 3 Sep 2026 omissions: same Buffel accident Grahamstown; Sandham mistyped this duplicate as Person #39775. SN already cleared 25 Aug 2026 onto 30491. Record retained for audit — do not treat as a second casualty.
  • South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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