Identity
Person No.
41480
Service No.
80573629
Last Name
First Name
Grant
Initials
G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Died of cardio respiratory failure, at 1 Mil Hospital
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"B" Squadron
Defence Force
SADF 3,815
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
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 Mrs. Doreen Bailey, of Bath Street, Salisbury, Rhodesia. Husband of Mrs. Daphne Helen Bailey (nee Cutuvides), of La Lucia, Durban. Born in Germiston, Transvaal. Attended Prince Edward school in Rhodesia.
Research notes
26 Aug 2026: Unit was leftover "Air Force Gymnasium". SAWGP Regiment 5 Reconnaissance Regiment with no separate unit.
Citations
***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
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