Identity
Person No.
31419
Service No.
72261175
Last Name
First Name
Michael David
Initials
M D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,635
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Private Motor Vehicle Accident, together with 2 other soldiers, on the Johannesburg - Potchefstroom road. Head on collision with another vehicle while overtaking. He was on a weekend pass
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Bombardier
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Defence Force
SADF 3,838
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Mrs. J. S. Loxton, of Johannesburg.
Research notes
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Navy" was CLEARED. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Army". Across the roll 787 records carried such a contradiction; judged against Corps and Regiment -- independent of both columns -- the evidence backed Branch 744 times and Unit2 not once. Branch is therefore kept and the contradicting word removed. Nothing is guessed: this man's branch of service is already recorded, and his sub-unit, if any, is simply not known.
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