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Identity
Person No.
31752
Service No.
93727279
Last Name
Mbendura 1
First Name
Mafaladi Joseph
Initials
T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1955 (±1 yr) 393
Age at Death
28
Military Service
Rank
Special Constable
Regiment
South West African Police 140
Unit
South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) 228
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
10 May 1983 144
Cause of Death
Killed in action 9,874
Killed in action, during fierce engagement with a numerically superior force of SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland
Grave Reference
Likely buried in Namibia - Alternative Commemoration until grave found 135
Location
Country
South Africa 17,413
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,253
Additional Information
Notes

ref. "The Covert War" by Peter Stiff

Citation

LG Sup 17 September 1917 pg. 9577 - serving with East Surrey Regiment - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty under heavy shell fire. He was instrumental in saving the lives of several NCOs and men of his company who had been buried in a tunnel by an enemy bombardment. He was severely wounded whilst engaged on this duty."

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #31752