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Identity
Person No.
33165
Old ROH no.
1374
Service No.
80351729BG
Last Name
Swain 1
First Name
Gregory Grant
Initials
G G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1965 (±1 yr) 279
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
05 January 1985 93
Cause code
SHOT 548
Shot
Cause of Death
Died in Shooting Incident 290
Died in Shooting Incident, shot through the heart by another member while doing guard duty at Pretoria
Military Service
Branch
Medical Health
Rank
Private
Regiment
Northern Transvaal Medical Command 1
Unit
Northern Transvaal Medical Command 1
Defence Force
Unknown
Location
Country
South Africa 23,879
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Cremated 18
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
Notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Swain, of Johannesburg.

Research notes

26 Aug 2026: Unit leftover "Umkhombe Commando" → Northern Transvaal Medical Command (SAWGP Regiment, no Unit).
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Medical Health". 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.

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