Son of Mr. Napier, of Rondebosch, Cape Province. ref. 85 years of SAAF | Same Ventura #6526 as Beytell 29427. Mike Sandham / SAWGP: crashed just after takeoff in the veld near the 8 Mile Post on the Johannesburg–Pretoria Road. Mike lists rank 2Lt and age 27; ROH retains Lieutenant / age 26.
Colyn Brookes, Mibisa: Volume One – Western Cape (Lulu, 2013, ISBN 9781447682523): Cape Town, Plumstead Cemetery, Victoria.
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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Cape Town, Plumstead Cemetery, Victoria
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Mike Sandham
Mike Sandham 15 Aug 2026 / SAWGP: Ventura #6526, 8 Mile Post. Rank/age clash 2Lt/27 vs ROH Lt/26.
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