Identity
Person No.
48785
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Unknown
Initials
M G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,587
Accident
Military Service
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
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. New ROH record. War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), page 123 of 143.
Research notes
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.
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 123 of 143: sole source, new ROH record.
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