No SAWGP record found. One of two members of the battalion killed outright in the 6 Nov 1979 Caprivi Strip vehicle accident that also injured Lifatila P.S. (who died of his injuries 13 Nov 1979, also added this pass). New ROH record. War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), page 91 of 143.
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.
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.
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: filled Age, EstBirthYear -- each of these was EMPTY on this record and no existing value was changed. Derived fields recomputed inline where applicable.
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War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), page 91 of 143: sole source, new ROH record.
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