Identity
Person No.
31136
Service No.
77338259
Last Name
First Name
Abel Daniel
Initials
A D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SUIC 384
Suicide
Cause of Death
Died in Shooting Incident, at Potchefstroom. Suspected suicide at Modderfontein Shooting Range as he was shot in the temple with a R1 rifle. He died at 1 Mil Hospital
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,828
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Mr. D. Kotze, of Tinmyne.
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "14 Field Regiment" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
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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