Son of Mrs. M. Herbst, of Kimberley.
Col (rt) Graham du Toit, Last Post, 1 Sep 2026 gives L/Cpl P.J. Herbst, Walvis Bay Command, military vehicle accident between Otjiwarongo and Okahandja, age 20. CONFLICT: ROH's stored Unit is 'AFB Ysterplaat' (an Air Force base, not obviously connected to a Walvis Bay/Otjiwarongo road accident) -- not changed, flagged for manual review.
Bushwar Books same-day post independently confirms Grahams Unit (Walvis Bay Command) -- two-source agreement, Unit corrected from ROHs prior AFB Ysterplaat.
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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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
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SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
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War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), pages 109-110 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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