Identity
Person No.
30063
Service No.
05533773
Last Name
First Name
Chester Henry
Initials
C H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
41
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Died at Sodwana Bay while diving. The cause of death was consistent barotrauma (air bubbles in the bloodstream)
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Warrant Officer II
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,825
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Husband of Mrs. G. J. Dicks, of Brakpan
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "5 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 "Air Force" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Air Force".
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 120-122 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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