PDF
« Previous

Opperman , George (G)

Next »
Identity
Person No.
32402
Service No.
89328835PE
Last Name
First Name
George
Initials
G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,646
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident, between Wallmansthall and Pretoria
Military Service
Branch
Medical Health
Rank
Corporal
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SANDF 1,029
South African National Defence Force
Unit History
Role at time of death
Medical
Status
Mixed: Permanent Force (majority) + Reserve medical battalion groups
Predecessor South African Medical Service (SAMS) formally established 1 July 1979 (became SAMHS 1994). 2022-era structure shows most of the Mobile Military Health Formation as active/Permanent Force, with specific battalion groups (1, 3, 6 Medical Bn Gp) designated Reserve. Which component applied to a given Border War-era record is not determined by this source alone.
Notes

Son of Mrs. M. Opperman, of Pretoria.

Research notes

26 Aug 2026: Unit leftover "32 (Buffalo) Battalion" → South African Medical Health Service (SAWGP Regiment, no 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: filled Regiment, RegimentID -- each of these was EMPTY on this record and no existing value was changed. Derived fields recomputed inline where applicable.
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, "Medical Health". 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.

Citations
Unknown
Stories

No stories have been added yet.

Dedications

No dedications have been added yet.