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Identity
Person No.
41507
Service No.
81966293SWH
Last Name
Mbinge 2
First Name
Daniel
Initials
M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1960 (±1 yr) 417
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
02 November 1984 183
Cause code
DROW 1,203
Drowned
Cause of Death
Accidentally drowned while crossing a river during operations against SWAPO/PLAN insurgents 1
Accidentally drowned while crossing a river during operations against SWAPO/PLAN insurgents, in Southern Angola
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
102 Battalion 34
Formerly 37 Battalion (1980)
Corps
South West African Territory Force 376
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,832
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,874
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Body not recovered 79
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
Attached To
South African Medical Corps
Notes

No additional information known at this time

Research notes


14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added -- database-wide sweep for SADF Border War operational-area deaths within the medal's gazetted window (25 Jun 1976 - 27 Apr 2003), per the warrant's died-before-qualifying-period provision. See PersonAward.Citation for the gazette references.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added earlier today REVERTED -- John obtained the actual Government Gazette (GG 5171/5575); the "died before completing the qualifying period" provision relied on does not exist in the primary text (it was a secondary-source claim). Actual Rule 5 requires (a) combat/enemy-caused incident, (b) a Ministerially-acknowledged operation (clasp), or (c) 55+ continuous/90+ non-continuous days in an operational area -- none of which this record's cause of death clearly demonstrates.

Citations

***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation

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