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Identity
Person No.
32405
Old ROH no.
1100
Service No.
83480426BG
Last Name
First Name
William Haalsward
Initials
W H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,646
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Motor Vehicle Accident, struck by a car in a roadblock at Dobsonville, Soweto on the 21 November and admitted to Johannesburg General Hospital with head and leg injuries. He died a few days later from his injuries
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Unit History
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Opperman, of 11th Street, Welverdiend
Research notes
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" 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 "Army".
Citations
Unknown
External References
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
open source ↗
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), pages 57-65 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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