Identity
Person No.
30389
Service No.
72472863N
Last Name
First Name
Gerhard Joshua
Initials
G J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DROW 1,203
Drowned
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident, drowned, at Gambaskloof during a river crossing exercise while busy with field training
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Infantry School 13
Formerly
School of Infantry
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,828
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Notes
Son of Mr. E. P. H. Franzsen, of Knynsa.
Research notes
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" 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 "Army".
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