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Identity
Person No.
30896
Old ROH no.
650
Service No.
72338411PE
Last Name
First Name
Thomas John Lewis
Initials
T J L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Cause code
MVA 2,631
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, Bedford hit a tree 60km west of Ondwanga, on the Rundu/Bagani road
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,828
South African Defence Force
Notes

Son of Mr. H. L. Jones, of Kimberley

Research notes

26 Aug 2026: Unit leftover "4 Squadron" → 1 Kavango Battalion (SAWGP Regiment, no Unit).
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 6 Sep 2026: confirmed. Also cleared redundant Unit ("1 Kavango Battalion" duplicated Regiment) -- same pattern fixed sitewide today.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added -- database-wide sweep for SADF Border War operational-area deaths within the medal's gazetted window (25 Jun 1976 - 27 Apr 2003), per the warrant's died-before-qualifying-period provision. See PersonAward.Citation for the gazette references.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added earlier today REVERTED -- John obtained the actual Government Gazette (GG 5171/5575); the "died before completing the qualifying period" provision relied on does not exist in the primary text (it was a secondary-source claim). Actual Rule 5 requires (a) combat/enemy-caused incident, (b) a Ministerially-acknowledged operation (clasp), or (c) 55+ continuous/90+ non-continuous days in an operational area -- none of which this record's cause of death clearly demonstrates.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" 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 "Army".

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