Ref SANDF 1998 RoH
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 ("116 South African Infantry Battalion") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is.
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 18 Sep 2026: "87172471 Staff Sergeant V. E. Mahlangu from the South African Army died of disease in Qwa Qwa. He was 42." Service number, date, rank and place agree. TWO CONFLICTS flagged, not changed: initials (Graham "V. E."; this record "Tselapedi Jacob", T J) and age (Graham 42, this record 24). Both the forename and the age differ, which is the pattern of the FirstName contamination examined on 16-17 Sep; worth checking against that.
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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