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Identity
Person No.
31819
Service No.
95246336PV
Last Name
First Name
Wiseman Sifiso
Initials
W S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Cause code
SUIC 387
Suicide
Cause of Death
Committed Suicide, after shooting Second Lieut. Clarkson
Military Service
Branch
Navy
Rank
Able Bodied Seaman
Defence Force
SANDF 1,026
South African National Defence Force
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes

ref. 85 years of SAAF

Research notes

26 Aug 2026: Corps from SAWGP Regiment South African Navy; Unit leftover "42 Squadron" → SAS EAST LONDON (SAWGP Unit).
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: gives Age 26 against this record's 23. This record has no date of birth, so there is nothing to adjudicate with. Flagged, not changed.
Mike Sandham OMISSIONS: 19 SEPTEMBER (mailed 19 Sep 2026, credited The South Africa War Graves Project unless otherwise specified): his victim is now on the roll in his own right -- Sub-Lieutenant John Fred Clarkson (49818). This record's cause of death already named him before he had a record. This record calls him "Second Lieut."; Mike and the contemporary press give Sub-Lieutenant, the Navy rank. Flagged, not changed here.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Navy" 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 "Navy".

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