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Identity
Person No.
31823
Service No.
P/18700
Last Name
First Name
James George
Initials
J G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
30
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,631
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died of injuries, received in Military Vehicle Accident, on his way to hospital. Ferret scout car rolled at Swartkops AFB. Died of multiple injuries and bleeding
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Air Sergeant
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,828
South African Defence Force
Notes

Born Cape Province. Resided at Waterkloof AFB. He was married. ref. 85 years of SAAF

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "42 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Air Force". 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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