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Identity
Person No.
31327
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Martin J
Initials
M J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
46
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Executed for killing Lt. Twentyman-Taylor
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Warrant Officer Class I
Regiment
Unknown
Defence Force
SANDF 1,025
South African National Defence Force
Notes

No additional information known at this time

Research notes

First record of a sequential SAWGP citation smear; following PersonNumbers cleared. Award not independently name-matched. SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 75293472BG cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "LEWIN, ARNOLD CHARLES" (SMN, Sterf 19 11 78), matching PersonNumber 31325 (Lewin, DateDeath 1978-11-19) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "75293472BG". 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.
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "South African Personnel Services Corps" (a branch, not a specific regiment) moved to Corps, per John's decision on the broader Regiment/Corps field-swap review.
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".

Citations

Awarded for a non-combat or non-operational act of bravery on 12 September 1990 while serving with 82 Mechanised Brigade

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