Identity
Person No.
30541
Service No.
98259469PE
Last Name
First Name
Frederik Petrus Van Rede Van Oudtshoorn
Initials
F P V R V O
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Shooting Accident, at Margate Airstrip base. He was shot by one of his own troops with a R4 rifle in the conference room at the base
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lieutenant
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SANDF 1,022
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (Motorised)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Listed under South African Army Infantry (Motorised) (Regular) in the SA Army Units navbox.
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Grobbelaar
Research notes
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Air Force" was CLEARED. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Army". Across the roll 787 records carried such a contradiction; judged against Corps and Regiment -- independent of both columns -- the evidence backed Branch 744 times and Unit2 not once. Branch is therefore kept and the contradicting word removed. Nothing is guessed: this man's branch of service is already recorded, and his sub-unit, if any, is simply not known.
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