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Identity
Person No.
48610
Service No.
67309245KT
Last Name
Combrink 14
First Name
Sybrand Lukas Jacobus
Initials
S L J
Date of Birth
28 August 1951 107
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
21 August 1978 115
Cause code
DIS 6,080
Died of disease
Cause of Death
Died of disease 859
Died of diabetes (suspected), at Witbank Hospital
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
South African Commandos 98
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Witbank Commando 2
Defence Force
SADF 3,852
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Unknown
Grave Reference
Unknown
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (area defence)
Status
Commando (Area Bound Reserve)
Part of
SADF Commando System category
Generic Regiment-field text used across hundreds of records whose actual unit is a specific local Commando (e.g. Rustenburg Commando, Boksburg Commando -- captured in Unit). Post-WWII, "Commando" is its own force-component category alongside Regular/Permanent Force and Active Citizen Force -- area-bound, part-time reserve units tied to a specific district, mobilised for local counter-insurgency/area protection duties during the Border War era. Not a single regiment; this Status applies to the whole category.
Notes

Son of Mr. B. J. Combrink, of Stella Street, Vryburg. Husband of Jacomina Elizabeth Combrink (nee Louw). He had 3 daughters. Reportedly buried in Sandfontein Cemetery.

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 21 Aug 2026: 67309245KT Corporal Sybrand Lukas Jacobus Combrink, Witbank Commando, died from diabetes complications in the Witbank Hospital, age 26. New ROH record (not on SAWGP at research time). No SAWGP details.php id known.
Mike Sandham 21 Aug 2026 omissions: 67309245KT Corporal Sybrand Lukas Jacobus Combrink, Witbank Commando, died of diabetes (suspected) at Witbank Hospital, age 26. SAWGP details.php?id=40101 (DoB 1951-08-28; son of Mr B. J. Combrink, Stella Street, Vryburg; husband of Jacomina Elizabeth Combrink née Louw; three daughters; reportedly Sandfontein Cemetery). Graham 21 Aug said diabetes complications — cause set to SAWGP/Mike suspected diabetes. SAWGP id 40101 currently shows this Combrink record; ROH PersonNumber 40101 is Nhawo, Clever (Guard Force, 1978-11-16) — not merged.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".

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  • Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
    Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 21 Aug 2026: 67309245KT Cpl Sybrand Lukas Jacobus Combrink, Witbank Commando, diabetes complications Witbank Hospital, age 26. New ROH record.
  • Mike Sandham
    Mike Sandham 21 Aug 2026 omissions: 67309245KT Cpl Sybrand Lukas Jacobus Combrink, Witbank Commando, diabetes (suspected), Witbank Hospital, age 26. SAWGP 40101.
  • South African War Graves Project open source ↗
    SAWGP details.php?id=40101. ROH PersonNumber 40101 is Nhawo, Clever — different person, not merged.
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