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Identity
Person No.
32495
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Phirimana 1
First Name
Thabiso Anthon
Initials
T A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1994 (±1 yr) 5
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
23 March 2013 143
Cause code
KIA 14,811
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,686
Killed in action in a battle with Michel Djotodia's Seleka rebel coalition in the Central African Republic
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unit 44 13
Unit
1 Parachute Battalion insignia 1 Parachute Battalion 50
Defence Force
SANDF 1,041
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,879
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1,612
Memorial
Memorial
Battle of Bangui Virtual Memorial
Location
Bangui, Central African Republic
Address
Bangui, Central African Republic
Coordinates
4.394, 18.558 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Memorial
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
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Operation
Operation
Operation Vimbezela
Dates
2007 to 2013
About
SANDF training/support deployment in the Central African Republic, ended after the March 2013 Battle of Bangui and subsequent withdrawal.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Airborne light infantry (paratroops)
Status
Regular Force
Part of
44 Parachute Regiment
Still the SANDF’s only full-time parachute battalion. 44 Parachute Brigade was downsized to 44 Parachute Regiment in 1999.
Awards
iPhrothiya yeSiliva (Silver Protea)
iPhrothiya yeSiliva (Silver Protea) (PS)
South Africa
Posthumous. Citation written by Col W.L. Dixon; signed off by GOC SA Special Forces Brig Gen R. Maphwanya, C J Ops Lt Gen D.M. Mgwebi, and C SANDF/Minister/President. Medal register number: Protea Silver 368.
Notes

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Research notes

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 94728680PE cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "PHIRI, MALEHO WILLIAM" (S SGT, Sterf 12 10 99), matching PersonNumber 32494 (Phiri, DateDeath 1999-10-12) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "94728680PE". Left as an unresolved collision otherwise -- this correction is specific to this one PDF-confirmed case, not a general claim this record's other data is wrong.
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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