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Identity
Person No.
29920
Service No.
P1/8454/1
Last Name
First Name
William Gifford
Initials
W G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Cause code
MVA 2,628
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motorcycle accident, in Johannesburg when returning home from the Johannesburg Light Plane Club
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Pupil Pilot
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Unit History
Notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dalgleish, of Springs. A note was made to reopen "baby in well of grave, 2 private folio " ref. 85 years of SAAF

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "19 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
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, "Air Force". 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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