Identity
Person No.
29932
Service No.
P1/42693
Last Name
First Name
Herbert William Sidney
Initials
H W S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, crashed near Heidelberg, in AT-6 Harvard #7114
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,823
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Notes
Next of kin from Berea, Johannesburg. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "40 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 6 Sep 2026: confirmed, all details already matched exactly.
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), page 2 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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