Identity
Person No.
30538
Service No.
7718670
Last Name
First Name
Walter James
Initials
S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,631
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Private Vehicle Accident, 23 km outside Graaf Reinet
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Colonel
Regiment
2 Signals Regiment 16
Later renamed
2 Signal Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SANDF 1,025
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Signals
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
South African Corps of Signals established 1923; 2 Signal Regiment listed under "Regular" (alongside 1, 3, 4, 5 Signal Regt), with 6 Signal Regt as the Reserve unit. Exact formation date for 2 Signal Regiment itself not given in the source.
Notes
Ref SANDF 1998 RoH
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "2 Signals Regiment" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps 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".
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