Identity
Person No.
48649
Old ROH no.
1064
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Unknown
Initials
R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,586
Accident
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Warrant Officer Class II
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,856
South African Defence Force
Location
Unit History
Role at time of death
Airborne Infantry
Status
Mixed: 1 Parachute Battalion Permanent Force (Regular); 2 & 3 Parachute Battalion Reserve Force
Part of
1 Parachute Battalion established 1 April 1961 (Regular Force). 44 Parachute Brigade formed April 1978 with the addition of 2 and 3 Parachute Battalions (Reserve Force); redesignated 44 Parachute Regiment in 2000. Status varies by battalion -- check Unit field for which battalion a given record belonged to before assuming Regular vs Reserve.
Notes
No SAWGP record found. Force Number given as "." (blank). New ROH record. War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), page 24 of 143.
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "South African Infantry Corps" (a branch/Corps, not a specific regiment) moved to Corps, matching the same organisation already correctly classified there elsewhere on the ROH.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), page 24 of 143: sole source, new ROH record.
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