PDF
« Previous

Moses , Ramamurthie Moonsamy (R M)

Next »
No photograph available — remembrance poppy
Identity
Person No.
32014
Service No.
89031493BV
Last Name
First Name
Ramamurthie Moonsamy
Initials
R M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Cause code
DROW 1,204
Drowned
Cause of Death
Drowned when canoe capsized during a training exercise at Midmar Dam
Military Service
Branch
Navy
Rank
Petty Officer
Regiment
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

Husband of Mrs. M.V. Moses of Bloemfontein. Ref SANDF 1997 RoH.

Research notes


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".
30 Sep 2026: CAUSE OF DEATH AND LOCATION CONFLICT, NOT CHANGED: DB CauseDeath reads "Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Ladybrand". Mike Sandham (SAWGP)/Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post, 30 Sep 2026, both independently give an entirely different account: "Two members from SAS Inkonkoni accidentally drowned when their canoe capsized during a training exercise at Midmar Dam" -- "Petty Officer Ramamurthie Moonsamy Moses. He was 29." Same name/date/rank/regiment("Sas Inko")/service number otherwise match; DB Age is blank, source gives 29. Companion record Pillay, Gerald Ian (32525) already holds the correct drowning/Midmar Dam account, so this record's CauseDeath/location look like contamination from an unrelated Ladybrand vehicle-accident record. Not overwritten; flagging for human review.
30 Sep 2026: CONFIRMED CONTAMINATION, CORRECTED. CauseDeath "Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Ladybrand" was identical, word for word, across three consecutive records (32012, 32013, and this one) covering two different men sharing the Moses/Modiakhotla Johannes name plus this man -- a forward-filled location/cause string, not this man's real death. Corrected per Mike Sandham (SAWGP) and Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post, both independently, 30 Sep 2026: "Two members from SAS Inkonkoni accidentally drowned when their canoe capsized during a training exercise at Midmar Dam...Petty Officer Ramamurthie Moonsamy Moses. He was 29." Matches companion record Pillay, Gerald Ian (32525) exactly (same incident, same unit, same date). Age filled 29 (was blank). Unit "101 Battalion" NOT touched -- also likely contaminated from the same neighbours, but no independent source gives this man's actual Unit/sub-affiliation, so left as a separate unresolved question rather than guessed.

Citations
Unknown
Stories

No stories have been added yet.

Dedications

No dedications have been added yet.