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Photo of Cloete
Identity
Person No.
29769
Old ROH no.
222
Service No.
77526820BG
Last Name
Cloete 57
First Name
Anton Wicht
Initials
A W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1960 (±1 yr) 421
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
06 October 1978 100
Cause code
MVA 2,660
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,764
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at 2 Military Area Etale
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
South African Commandos 98
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
11 Kimberley Commando 8
Secondary Unit
202 Battalion
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,879
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY 592
Grave Reference
Grave 998 1
Coordinates
-25.78214, 28.12179 OSM
Memorial
1978 SAA (Castle–Havenga, Mennigke–Wolfgang)
Names on 1978 SAA Castle-Wolfgang
Memorial
SADF Wall of Remembrance
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Voortrekker Monument, Eeufees Road, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa
Coordinates
-25.77639, 28.17583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
1978 SAA Castle-Wolfgang
On the panel
1978 Army. Left column. 3rd name from the top (Cloete A.W.)
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (area defence)
Status
Commando (Area Bound Reserve)
Part of
SADF Commando System category
Generic Regiment-field text used across hundreds of records whose actual unit is a specific local Commando (e.g. Rustenburg Commando, Boksburg Commando -- captured in Unit). Post-WWII, "Commando" is its own force-component category alongside Regular/Permanent Force and Active Citizen Force -- area-bound, part-time reserve units tied to a specific district, mobilised for local counter-insurgency/area protection duties during the Border War era. Not a single regiment; this Status applies to the whole category.
Notes

Son of Mr. H. Cloete

Research notes

SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1978 SAA (Castle–Havenga, Mennigke–Wolfgang)". 1978 Army. Left column. 3rd name from the top (Cloete A.W.).
6 Oct 2026: UNIT NOTE, NOT CHANGED: stored Unit "11 Kimberley Commando"; both Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post and Bushwar Books, 6 Oct 2026, name "11 Commando Regiment" for the same man. Rank, service number, age, date and location otherwise match.

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