Identity
Person No.
29833
Service No.
71409148N
Last Name
First Name
Christos
Initials
C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,628
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident. While undergoing Driver and Maintenance training, he died when a Bedford struck an Eland on a narrow bridge on the Walvis Bay - Windhoek road
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Notes
Son of Mr. C. Constatinou
Research notes
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
Unknown
External References
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 07 Aug 2026: 2 SAI D&M, Bedford vs Eland on Walvis–Windhoek bridge.
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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