Identity
Person No.
31553
Service No.
P/18349
Last Name
First Name
William John
Initials
W J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,626
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Motorcycle Accident, on the Military Main Road, Lyttelton
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Air Mechanic
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Air Force
Defence Force
SADF 3,821
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Mr. F. J. Manders, of Johannesburg. Resided at No.1 Air Depot Barracks, Voortrekkerhoogte. He was unmarried. Born Transvaal
Research notes
Unit was incorrectly set to "32 (Buffalo) Battalion" (a SADF unit not formed until 1975) — impossible for this pre-1975 death. Found and cleared 27 Aug 2026 while investigating a family correction email about PersonNumber 31346 (Lipschild), which had the same wrong Unit; a further check found 22 other pre-1975 records sharing it. Root cause not identified (no source in this record names a unit at all beyond the generic Unit2 arm-of-service tag, or the Regiment already on file) — Unit left blank rather than guessed.
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