Identity
Person No.
29862
Service No.
65757296PE
Last Name
First Name
Douglas Leslie
Initials
D L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
45
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,627
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, 10 km from Noenisput Police Station (Upington Area)
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Colonel
Regiment
Corps
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"A" Coy.
Defence Force
SANDF 1,022
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Role at time of death
Engineers
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Listed under South African Army Engineers (Regular) in the SA Army Units navbox.
Notes
Husband of Mrs. J. J. Crafford
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "2 Field Engineer Regiment" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
Citations
Unknown
External References
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), pages 114-116 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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