On 31/201 Bn Memorial Needle
CORRECTED 2026-08-23: previous CauseDeath/ActualCause/Age/ServiceNo (81245854BG, age 19, "Accidentally killed... at Nehone") were a verbatim copy of Dippenaar, Cecil Rhodes's distinct 1984-04-17 incident (PersonNumber 30078) â€" an evident data-entry error, since Diribi's own date is 1981-08-23, three years earlier. Corrected per Mike Sandham's 23 Aug 2026 omissions email, citing the warinangola.com 31/201 Bn Commemorative Needle Member Dedication page: http://www.warinangola.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1596&Parameter=3148
10 Sep 2026: Unit set to 201 Battalion per Mike Sandham naming rule (DoD in 1 Aug 1980-pre 1 Jun 1989). Ambiguous Regiment '31 or 201 Battalion' cleared. Needle memorial.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".
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Mike Sandham
Mike Sandham 23 Aug 2026 omissions email: identified and corrected a data-entry error where this record had inherited Dippenaar, Cecil Rhodes's (PersonNumber 30078) Service No, age, and cause-of-death narrative.
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Mike Sandham
Email 9 Sep 2026: Unit filled by Mike Sandham 31/201 Bn dating rule (Needle)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), pages 42-45 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour Member Dedications, 31/201 Bn Commemorative Needle: "Most probably killed in action on this date as his name is listed on the 31/201 Bn Commemorative Needle." http://www.warinangola.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1596&Parameter=3148
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