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Identity
Person No.
30762
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Unknown
Initials
D J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Sergeant
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SANDF 1,025
South African National Defence Force
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
Notes

ref. 85 years of SAAF

Research notes

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 82702705PP cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "HUGHES, RAYMOND RODERICK" (LT, Sterf 06 05 82), matching PersonNumber 30761 (Hughes, DateDeath 1982-05-06) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "82702705PP". Left as an unresolved collision otherwise -- this correction is specific to this one PDF-confirmed case, not a general claim this record's other data is wrong.
FirstName contamination fixed 31 Aug 2026 (systemic full-table scan): FirstName ("Raymond Roderick") was copied from the unrelated neighbouring record PersonNumber 30761 ("Hughes, Raymond Roderick", initials R R) -- this record's own stored initials (D J) don't match "Raymond Roderick" at all. Confirmed by the existing 25 Aug 2026 SN CORRECTION note on this record, which already identified PersonNumber 30761 as the true owner of this record's copied ServiceNo via the same external source. Cleared back to unknown rather than guessed.
5 Sep 2026: Unit "6 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) 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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