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No photograph available — remembrance poppy
Identity
Person No.
30500
Old ROH no.
515
Service No.
72372683BG
First Name
Alan
Initials
A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,631
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Nelspruit
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Defence Force
SADF 3,828
South African Defence Force
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
1978 Army. Left column. 39th name from the top (Gordon-Bennett A. — ROH Gordon-Bennet)
Notes

Son of Mr. J. J. Gordon-Bennett

Research notes

SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1978 SAA (Castle–Havenga, Mennigke–Wolfgang)". 1978 Army. Left column. 39th name from the top (Gordon-Bennett A. — ROH Gordon-Bennet). 26 Aug 2026: Unit leftover "Armoured Corps" → H.Q. (SAWGP Unit); Regiment "Norther" → Northern Transvaal Command (SAWGP Regiment).
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: dates of death differ -- 1 day(s) apart: Mike 1978-01-15 this record 1978-01-14. A gap of a few days commonly separates wounding from death, or a burial date from a death date. Flagged, not changed.
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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