Identity
Person No.
31157
Old ROH no.
741
Service No.
87422853BG
Last Name
First Name
Edward George
Initials
E G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,632
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, while traveling as passengers in a military minibus when the vehicle collided with a stationary truck at Muldersdrift while they were travelling from Pretoria to Potchefstroom
Military Service
Rank
Private
Regiment
Unit
2 Signals Regiment 1
Later renamed
2 Signal Regiment
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
Unknown
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Signals
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
South African Corps of Signals established 1923; 2 Signal Regiment listed under "Regular" (alongside 1, 3, 4, 5 Signal Regt), with 6 Signal Regt as the Reserve unit. Exact formation date for 2 Signal Regiment itself not given in the source.
Notes
Son of Mrs. L. Haselau
Research notes
MERGE 25 Aug 2026: PersonNumber 48768 ("Kruger") deleted as a duplicate of this record -- identical ServiceNo (87422853BG) and DateDeath (1990-03-01), surname a spelling/OCR/case variant, confirmed via the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF cross-check. Same class of error as the Sekonjela/Sekonyela merge earlier the same day.
Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories 2
died in accident while transporting people back to potch from 1 mil
He was a driver for potch medical camp.
Dedications
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