Identity
Person No.
48788
Service No.
84258581BG
Last Name
First Name
Unknown
Initials
S M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
Unknown
Military Service
Location
Unit History
Notes
No SAWGP record found (distinct from other Brennan entries already on ROH, all much earlier). Part of the same 1987-11-03 date as Tito B.C. and Matchai A., already on ROH. New ROH record. War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), page 132 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 132 of 143: sole source, new ROH record.
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War in Angola Member Dedications forum (www.warinangola.com), Excel export supplied by Johan Schoeman, 1 Sep 2026. Forum post(s): 52041.
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Dedications 1
He was killed at Ondangwa in the guardhouse at the main gate 1987. I was up there at the time but my mate (2Lt) Marius Neser was the first officer on the scene as Brennan was one of his troops. Shot by his best friend who came in off guard duty, slammed his R5 down on the guardroom table and shot his friend since childhood through the head as he was talking to his sister in Johannesburg on the 5c Ticky box.
The next week Brennan was put on the Flossie back to Waterkloof. I was part of the officers party who handed the body over to his parents. The memory still hurts like heck today....
I am in touch with Marius Neser regularly as he lives just down the coast from me in Australia.
Regards Jeremy Havard
The next week Brennan was put on the Flossie back to Waterkloof. I was part of the officers party who handed the body over to his parents. The memory still hurts like heck today....
I am in touch with Marius Neser regularly as he lives just down the coast from me in Australia.
Regards Jeremy Havard