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Identity
Person No.
30699
Service No.
3647
Last Name
First Name
Johannes Hendrik
Initials
J H
Date of Birth
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DIS 6,078
Died of disease
Cause of Death
Died of cerebral spinal meningitis, at Cape Town City Hospital
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Bombardier
Regiment
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Unit History
Notes

Son of Mrs. E. M. M. Herbst, of Beaufort West.

Research notes

Colyn Brookes, Mibisa: Volume One – Western Cape (Lulu, 2013, ISBN 9781447682523): Cape Town, Plumstead Cemetery, Victoria.
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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