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Identity
Person No.
31207
Service No.
73375198
First Name
Gerhardus Andries
Initials
G A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
30
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SUIC 384
Suicide
Cause of Death
Committed Suicide, shot himself at Heidelburg
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Warrent Officer II
Regiment
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
Unit History
Notes

Ref SANDF 1998 RoH

Research notes

26 Aug 2026: Unit leftover "19 Squadron" → Army Gymnasium (SAWGP Unit).
Col (rt) Graham du Toit, Last Post, 31 Aug 2026 names this ServiceNo's holder 'Gerhardus Andries Labuschagne', age 35, matching the stored initials '(G A)' exactly. ROH's FirstName was 'Daniel Johannes' -- identical text to the neighbouring record PersonNumber 31206 ('Labuschagne, Daniel Johannes (D J)', 19 Squadron, died 1975) -- clear data contamination, same pattern as Navaros/32167 and Van Eeden/33508. Corrected to Gerhardus Andries, confirmed by Graham's account and the initials match. NOTE: Graham's own 31 Aug post lists this exact ServiceNo/date/unit/cause (self-inflicted gunshot wound, Army Gymnasium, Heidelberg) TWICE, the second time as 'Gerhardt Alwyn Labuschagne, age 37, found dead' -- almost certainly the same person repeated within Graham's own post with inconsistent name/age, not a second casualty; no second record created. Age left at ROH's existing 30 (vs Graham's conflicting 35/37) pending a source that resolves the three-way discrepancy.
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "SA Army" cleared -- that's the service branch (Army, as distinct from Navy/Air Force), not a specific regiment; the actual unit ("Army Gymnasium") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is.
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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