Identity
Person No.
43351
Service No.
7073161-6
Last Name
First Name
Adion William
Initials
A W
Date of Birth
Age at Death
44
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DUTY 1,421
Died on duty
Cause of Death
Killed in the line of duty on 17 April 2024 while responding as sector patrol driver with Constable CC Vollmer to a domestic violence complaint in Mamre; routine call escalated into violent confrontation; fatally wounded/shot by the suspect, who attempted to harm his colleague and fled with Sergeant Mahoney's service firearm
Military Service
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Secondary Unit
South African Police Service
Defence Force
SAPS 1,739
South African Police Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Unknown
Grave Reference
Unknown
Notes
Sergeant Adion William Mahoney, born 9 December 1979, age 44 at death. Married; devoted father to three children (youngest sixteen at time of death). Served SAPS for 17 years from appointment 10 July 2006. Stationed at Atlantis SAPS, Western Cape. On 17 April 2024, reported for duty in full uniform as sector patrol driver partnered with Constable CC Vollmer; responded to domestic violence complaint in Mamre; call escalated; overpowered and shot by suspect, who also attempted to harm colleague and fled with Mahoney's service firearm. Name engraved on Wall of Remembrance for the 2024/2025 Roll of Honour (SAPS Commemoration magazine; Annual Report PERSAL 7073161-6).
Citations
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External References
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Other web source
open source ↗
SAPS Annual Report 2024/2025, Roll of Honour (1 Apr 2024 - 31 Mar 2025; 27 members).
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Other web source
open source ↗
SAPS Commemoration magazine / Wall of Remembrance 2024/2025.
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South African Police Memorial
open source ↗
South African Police Memorial, Union Buildings, Pretoria (1984).
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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