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Identity
Person No.
30381
Service No.
66470279PE
Last Name
Franchi 1
First Name
Anthony John
Initials
A J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1950 (±1 yr) 232
Age at Death
43
Death Record
Date of Death
24 September 1993 89
Cause code
DIS 6,077
Died of disease
Cause of Death
Died of disease 858
Died of cardio-respiratory failure in 2 Military Hospital, Wynberg
Military Service
Branch
Navy
Rank
Chief Petty Officer
Regiment
Att to 453 Parachute Bn 1
Corps
South African Navy 436
Unit
Naval Base Simonstown 3
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,823
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,863
Locality
Western Cape 2,137
Cemetery
Reported to be buried at Vredenburg 1
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1
Notes

Husband of Mrs. M. Franchi

Research notes

26 Aug 2026: Corps from SAWGP Regiment South African Navy; Unit leftover "201 Battalion" → Naval Base Simonstown (SAWGP Unit).
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 24 Sep 2026: "66470279PE Chief Petty Officer Anthony John Franchi from Naval Base Simonstown, attached to 453 Parachute Battalion, died in 2 Military Hospital in Wynberg after suffering Cardio-Respiratory failure. He was 43." Cause of death filled out -- the stored text read only "Died of Medical Reason, at Cape Town", naming neither the condition nor the hospital. Wynberg is within Cape Town, so the two agree. The unusual posting -- a Navy chief petty officer attached to a parachute battalion -- was already on this record and Graham confirms it.

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