Identity
Person No.
49823
Service No.
83885715SHW
Last Name
First Name
David
Initials
D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SUIC 382
Suicide
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
102 Battalion 34
Formerly
37 Battalion
(1980)
Corps
South West African Territory Force
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,821
South African Defence Force
Location
Notes
Unknown
Research notes
Mike Sandham OMISSIONS: 20 SEPTEMBER (mailed 20 Sep 2026, credited The South Africa War Graves Project unless otherwise specified): "20 Sep 1985: No record on South Africa War Graves Project. 83885715SHW Rifleman David Tjiraso from 102 Battalion SWATF took his own life while on official vacation leave. He was 24." NEW ROH record. NOT a SAWGP entry: Mike marks it as having no SAWGP record and sources it to Bushwar Books, "Lest We Forget 20 September". No Tjiraso on the roll in any year.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Bushwar Books - Lest We Forget
open source ↗
Lest We Forget 20 September -- sole source for this man
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Mike Sandham
Mike Sandham omissions 20 Sep 2026 (SAWGP)
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