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Identity
Person No.
30529
Old ROH no.
1715
Service No.
68369909PE
Last Name
Greyling 47
First Name
Carel Petrus
Initials
C P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1953 (±1 yr) 317
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
17 April 1980 181
Cause code
MVA 2,660
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,764
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, in Sector 70 Caprivi
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
1 Reconnaissance Commando 15
Later renamed 1 Reconnaissance Regiment (1996)
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,879
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SPRINGS (GEDULD) CEMETERY 20
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 11
Unit History
Role at time of death
Special Forces (Reconnaissance)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular), some sub-units Citizen Force
The first South African Special Forces unit, established at Oudtshoorn, Cape Province, 1 October 1972. Special Forces operate as their own branch within the SANDF (not part of the Army/Navy). Some Reconnaissance Commandos had Citizen Force (reserve) components alongside the standing Permanent Force structure -- needs further research to determine which applies to a specific record/era.
Awards
Honoris Crux (1975)
Honoris Crux (1975) (HC)
South Africa · awarded 1977-10-28
Awarded the Honoris Crux (1975) for actions on 28 October 1977 with 1 Reconnaissance Regiment. Wikipedia lists Sgt C.P. Greyling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honoris_Crux_(1975)
Military Merit Medal
Military Merit Medal (MMM)
South Africa
Listed with this post-nominal on the SASFA In Memoriam PDF. https://www.recce.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/4.1.-Memoriam.pdf
Pro Patria Medal
Pro Patria Medal
South Africa
Pro Patria Medal warrant, Government Gazette No. 5171 (25 Jun 1976), Rule 5, as amended by GG No. 5575 (3 Jun 1977); discontinued by GG No. 25213 (25 Jul 2003, Schedule corrected by GG No. 26778, 17 Sep 2004) for service on/after 27 Apr 2003. Gazette extracts: https://rohsa.co.za/award.php?id=24
Notes

Husband of Mrs. E. Greyling

Research notes

SASFA In Memoriam (operators killed in training): confirmed operator; died in training (SASFA: Operators killed in Training). SASFA: Greyling Callie HC(d) MMM DOI 1980. https://www.recce.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/4.1.-Memoriam.pdf 26 Aug 2026: Unit was leftover "5 South African Infantry Battalion"; Regiment was "1 Reconnaissance Regiment". SAWGP Regiment 1 Reconnaissance Commando with no separate unit.
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: gives ServiceNo 63869909PE against this record's 68369909PE. The two numbers differ by only 2 digit(s), so one is a transcription slip -- but nothing here says which, and this record is not part of any shared-number run. Not resolved. Flagged, not changed.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Navy" was CLEARED. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Army". Across the roll 787 records carried such a contradiction; judged against Corps and Regiment -- independent of both columns -- the evidence backed Branch 744 times and Unit2 not once. Branch is therefore kept and the contradicting word removed. Nothing is guessed: this man's branch of service is already recorded, and his sub-unit, if any, is simply not known.

Citations

Awarded the Honoris Crux (1975) for actions on 28 October 1977 with 1 Reconnaissance Regiment. Wikipedia lists Sgt C.P. Greyling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honoris_Crux_(1975)

External References
Stories 1
on 24 April 2009 · via source
Sgt C P Greyling HC of 1 Recce died on 17 April 1980 in a military vehicle accident in Sector 70, Caprivi Johan Meyer
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