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Identity
Person No.
30629
Old ROH no.
553
Service No.
81056012BG
Last Name
Harms 3
First Name
Otto Bismarck
Initials
O B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1965 (±1 yr) 279
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
15 September 1984 101
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident 255
Died in Freak Accident, at Germiston, hit by train
Military Service
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Special G 1
Unit
54 Battalion 3
Secondary Unit
"E" Coy.
Defence Force
Unknown
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
Locality
Western Cape 2,137
Cemetery
ALBERTINA CEMETERY 2
Grave Reference
A5 - Black granite stone near low stone wall and black piping 1
Unit History
Part of
Other listed units (not nested under a brigade above) › Modular Infantry Battalions under South West Africa Command
Notes

Son of Mr. O. B. Harms

Research notes

Colyn Brookes, Mibisa: Volume One – Western Cape (Lulu, 2013, ISBN 9781447682523): Albertinia Cemetery Hero’s Acre A3, Hero's Acre A3. | MIBISA Vol. 1 conflict (not overwritten): book Hero's Acre A3 vs this record GraveRef A5.
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 15 Sep 2026: 81056012BG Rifleman Otto Bismarck Harms, State Presidents Guard, accidentally killed at the Germiston railway station when he was struck by a moving train, age 19. SN/date/age/cause already matched. Stored Unit "54 Battalion" left (Graham gives Force/Unit as "State Presidents Guard" -- not treated as a conflict, likely an attachment).

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External References
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by Graham Du Toit on 16 September 2014 · via source
15 Sep 1984: 81056012BG Rifleman Otto Bismarck Harms was accidentally killed at Germiston when he was struck by a moving train. He was 19.
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