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Identity
Person No.
31367
Old ROH no.
824
Service No.
81222473BG
Last Name
First Name
Marcell Stephen
Initials
M S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,633
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, buffel accident, in Sector 10
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,832
South African Defence Force
Unit History
Role at time of death
Field Engineers
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Formed 1973 from 17 Field Squadron (relocated from Potchefstroom to Bethlehem, 1967); listed as the primary deployment unit of the SA Army Engineer Formation's regular units.
Notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Lombard

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit, Last Post, 29 Aug 2026: L/Cpl M.S. Lombard, 2 Field Engineer Regiment, killed when his Buffel Troop Carrier overturned in Northern Owamboland, age 29. Matches ROH record (ROH's 'Sector 10' is within Northern Owamboland, not a conflict).
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "2 Field Engineer 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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